Effects of elevated levels of nerve growth factor on the septohippocampal system in transgenic mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2207-2216

  Kawaja, Michael D ^a   Walsh, Gregory S ^a   Tovich, P Ronald ^a   Julien, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon growth; Cholinergic; Neurotrophins; Receptor; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

EID: 0031865674     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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