Differential induction of nerve growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor mRNA in neonatal and aged rat brain

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 218-225

  Colangelo, Anna Maria ^a   Follesa, Paolo ^a,b   Mocchetti, Italo ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Dexamethasone; Fibroblast growth factor 2; Glucocorticoid; Hippocampus; Nerve growth factor; adrenergic receptor

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLENBUTEROL; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031883010     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00296-9     Document Type: Article

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