Partial cortical devascularization results in elevations of cortical nerve growth factor and increases nerve growth factor protein within basal forebrain cholinergic neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1003-1011

  Conner, J M ^a   Hoener, M C ^a   Varon, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Nerve growth factor; Trophic factor

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIA; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032509734     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00449-1     Document Type: Article

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