Vascular, glial and neuronal effects of vascular endothelial growth factor in mesencephalic explant cultures

Neuroscience

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1529-1541

  Silverman, W F ^a   Krum, J M ^b   Mani, N ^b   Rosenstein, J M ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Substantia nigra; Trophic factor; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN BINDING PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPLANT; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; MITOGENESIS; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BLOOD VESSELS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENE EXPRESSION; LYMPHOKINES; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0032903416     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00540-5     Document Type: Article

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