A strain-independent postnatal neurodegeneration in mice lacking the EGF receptor

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 719-731

  Sibilia, Maria ^b   Steinbach, Joachim P ^a   Stingl, Laura ^b   Aguzzi, Adriano ^a   Wagner, Erwin F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; EGF receptor; Genetic background; Knock out mice; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYO; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIA; ISCHEMIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; ONCOGENE C FOS; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAPLOIDY; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ASTROCYTES; CELL DIVISION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NERVE DEGENERATION; PLACENTA; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THALAMUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032472938     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.3.719     Document Type: Article

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