Neurotrophic factor regulation of developing avian oculomotor neurons: Differential effects of BDNF and GDNF

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 295-315

  Steljes, Trina P V ^a   Kinoshita, Yoshito ^b   Wheeler, Esther F ^c   Oppenheim, Ronald W ^d   Von Bartheld, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; GDNF; Neurite outgrowth; Neurotrophin; Retrograde transport

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY GANGLION; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURITES; NEUROTROPHIN 3; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0032722456     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19991105)41:2<295::AID-NEU11>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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