Uninjured aged sympathetic neurons sprout in response to exogenous NGF in vivo

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 333-339

  Isaacson, L G ^a   Crutcher, K A ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Electron microscopy; In vivo NGF infusion; Neuronal plasticity; Neurotrophins; Peripheral nervous system

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; INNERVATION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GANGLIONECTOMY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031661420     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(98)00073-6     Document Type: Article

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