Anterograde transport of neurotrophin proteins in the CNS - A reassessment of the neurotrophic hypothesis

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-103

  Conner, James M ^a,c   Lauterborn, Julie C ^b   Gall, Christine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde transport; Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Nerve growth factor (NGF); Neurotrophic hypothesis; Neurotrophin

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; FOREBRAIN; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031811437     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.1998.9.2.91     Document Type: Review

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