Improved survival of injured sciatic nerve Schwann cells in mice lacking the p75 receptor

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-194

  Ferri, Catharine C ^a   Bisby, Mark A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Crush injury; p75 low affinity neurotrophin receptor; Schwann cells; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE CRUSH; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0032831279     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00618-7     Document Type: Article

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