Transforming growth factor-α expands progenitor cells of the basal forebrain, but does not promote cholinergic differentiation

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 405-412

  Jonakait, G Miller ^a   Luskin, Maria B ^b   Ni, L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Choline acetyltransferase; Cholinergic precursor; Differentiation; FGF; Interleukin 9; TGF

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEM CELL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-9; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; STEM CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

EID: 0032534006     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19981115)37:3<405::AID-NEU6>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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