Increased levels of nerve growth factor in the urinary bladder and hypertrophy of dorsal root ganglion neurons in the diabetic rat

Brain Research

Volumn 782, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 255-260

  Steinbacher Jr , Bernard C ^a   Nadelhaft, Irving ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Bay Pines VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Nerve growth factor; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

FAST BLUE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HYPERTROPHY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HYPERTROPHY; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0032567769     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01287-0     Document Type: Article

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