Why do neurotransmitters act like growth factors?

Perspectives on Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 323-335

  Weiss, E R ^a   Maness, P ^a   Lauder, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Calcium channels; Cell proliferation; Differentiation; Dopamine; G proteins; GABA; Glutamate; Neurite outgrowth; Neuropeptides; Non receptor tyrosine kinases; Noradrenaline; P rotooncogenes; Ras Raf; Receptor tyrosine kinases; Receptors; Rho Rac; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ALPHA 1A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HISTAMINE; NEURITE PROMOTING FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SOMATOSTATIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH CONE; GROWTH REGULATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; ONCOGENE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032406924     PISSN: 10640517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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