Neurotrophin 4 is required for the survival of a subclass of hair follicle receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 7040-7046

  Stucky, Cheryl L ^a   Dechiara, Thomas ^b   Lindsay, Ronald M ^b   Yancopoulos, George D ^b   Koltzenburg, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophin factor; D hair; NT3 (neurotrophin 3) wild type mice; NT4; Skin innervation

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR FOLLICLE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE;

EID: 0032171392     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-17-07040.1998     Document Type: Article

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