Fibroblast growth factor-1 improves the survival and regeneration of rat vagal preganglionic neurones following axon injury

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-200

  Jacques, Thomas S ^a   Skepper, Jeremy N ^a   Navaratnam, Visvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axon injury; Cell death; Growth factor; Preganglionic neurones; Regeneration; Vagotomy; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GANGLIA; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032747927     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00832-0     Document Type: Article

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