Nerve growth factor inhibits the expression of nitric oxide synthase in neurones in dissociated cultures of rat dorsal root ganglia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-12

  Thippeswamy, T ^a   Morris, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissociated cell culture; Dorsal root ganglia; Nerve growth factor; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031564835     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00459-X     Document Type: Article

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