Effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor on the development of NADPH-diaphorase/nitric oxide synthase-positive amacrine cells in the rodent retina

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2824-2834

  Cellerino, Alessandro ^a,b   Arango González, Blanca Aurora ^a   Kohler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Interneuron; Light adaptation; Neurotransmitter phenotype; Neurotrophin

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RECEPTOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; INTERNEURON; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0032816799     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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