Paracrine production of nerve growth factor during rat dorsal root ganglion development

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-152

  Gill, Jagjit S ^a   Windebank, Anthony J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Dorsal root ganglion; Neurotrophin; Paracrine; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032584762     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00526-6     Document Type: Article

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