Macrowell cultures identify a subpopulation of neonatal rat dorsal root ganglionic neurons displaying nerve growth factor independent survival

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-12

  Wewetzer, Konstantin ^a   Lausch, Matthias ^b   Christ, Bodo ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; In vitro; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophic; p75; Sensory

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; EMBRYO; GANGLION; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 0032719487     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00791-0     Document Type: Article

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