Role of afferents in the development and cell survival of the vertebrate nervous system

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 487-495

  Sherrard, Rachel M ^a   Bower, Adrian J ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell survival; Central nervous system; Deafferentation; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEAFFERENTATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

EID: 0031856595     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1998.tb02241.x     Document Type: Review

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