Hippocampal mossy fiber sprouting is not impaired in brain-derived neurotrophic factor-deficient mice

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 399-402

  Bender, R ^a   Heimrich, B ^a   Meyer, M ^b   Frotscher, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Mossy fibers; Mouse; Neurotrophin; Sprouting; Timm staining

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL LOSS; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; STAINING; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HOMOZYGOTE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0031898992     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050413     Document Type: Article

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