Preclinical testing of neuroprotective neurotrophic factors in a model of chronic motor neuron degeneration

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 335-346

  Corse, Andrea M ^a   Bilak, Masako M ^a   Bilak, Stephan R ^a   Lehar, Mohamed ^a   Rothstein, Jeffrey D ^a   Kuncl, Ralph W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032702435     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1999.0253     Document Type: Article

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