The effects of anti-nerve growth factor monoclonal antibodies on developing basal forebrain neurons are transient and reversible

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3127-3140

  Molnar, Margherita ^a   Tongiorgi, Enrico ^a   Avignone, Elena ^a   Gonfloni, Stefania ^a   Ruberti, Francesca ^a   Domenici, Luciano ^b   Cattaneo, Antonino ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibody anti nerve growth factor; Basal forebrain; Cholinacetyltransferase; Cholinergic system; Development; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophin; TrkA; TrkB

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ANTIBODY; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; HYBRIDOMA; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 0032447208     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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