A role for BDNF in mechanosensation

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-46

  Carroll, Patrick ^a,b   Lewin, Gary R ^a,c   Koltzenburg, Martin ^d   Toyka, Klaus V ^d   Thoenen, Hans ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; INNERVATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL AGING; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSATION; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032057645     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/242     Document Type: Article

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