Tissue concentrations of nerve growth factor in aging rat heart and skeletal muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 404-406

  Stuerenburg, Hans Joerg ^a   Kunze, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Heart; Nerve growth factor; Skeletal muscle; Tissue concentrations

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEART MUSCLE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON REFLEX;

AGING; ANIMALS; HEART; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031931642     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199803)21:3<404::AID-MUS17>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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