Contributions of the optic tectum and the retina as sources of brain- derived neurotrophic factor for retinal ganglion cells in the chick embryo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2891-2906

  Herzog, Karl Heinz ^a,c   Von Bartheld, Christopher S ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; BDNF; Chick embryo; Development; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; Neurotrophin; Neurotrophin receptor; Optic tectum; Retina; Retinal ganglion cell; Retrograde transport; Visual system

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032523033     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-08-02891.1998     Document Type: Article

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