Acetylcholinesterase gene expression in axotomized rat facial motoneurons is differentially regulated by neurotrophins: Correlation with trkB and trkC mRNA levels and isoforms

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 9936-9947

  Fernandes, Karl J L ^a   Kobayashi, Nao R ^a   Jasmin, Bernard J ^b   Tetzlaff, Wolfram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Axotomy; BDNF; Motoneurons; Neurotransmitter enzymes; NT 3; NT 4 5; Retrograde signals

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FACIAL NERVE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0032402161     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-23-09936.1998     Document Type: Article

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