Nerve growth factor (NGF) induces motoneuron apoptosis in rat embryonic spinal cord in vitro

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3904-3912

  Sedel, Frédéric ^a   Béchade, Catherine ^a   Triller, Antoine ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Embryonic spinal cord; Nerve growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; MOTONEURON; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO; GESTATIONAL AGE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032721777     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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