Protein extracts from the gut wall influence the postnatal development of rat myenteric neurons in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-179

  Schäfer, Karl Herbert ^a   Jung, Martin ^a   Mestres, Pedro ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor; Microenvironment; Myenteric plexus; Postnatal development; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROGLIA; PROTEINS; RATS;

EID: 0032549805     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00153-0     Document Type: Article

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