Nerve growth factor (NGF) and diabetic neuropathy in the rat: Morphological investigations of the sural nerve, dorsal root ganglion, and spinal cord

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-34

  Unger, J W ^a   Klitzsch, T ^a   Pera, S ^a   Reiter, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diabetic neuropathy; Dorsal root ganglia; Nerve growth factor; Rat; Spinal cord; Streptozotocin; Sural nerve

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; MYELINATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0031691844     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6856     Document Type: Article

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