Co-infusion with a TrkB-Fc receptor body carrier enhances BDNF distribution in the adult rat brain

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-33

  Croll, Susan D ^a   Chesnutt, Catherine R ^a   Rudge, John S ^a   Acheson, Ann ^a   Ryan, Terence E ^a   Siuciak, Judith A ^a   DiStefano, Peter S ^a   Wiegand, Stanley J ^a   Lindsay, Ronald M ^a  

^a REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Carrier protein; Immunoadhesins; Neuropeptide Y; Neurotrophin; Receptor bodies; TrkB Fc; TrkB IgG

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; FC RECEPTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

EID: 0031845158     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6836     Document Type: Article

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