BDNF mediates the effects of testosterone on the survival of new neurons in an adult brain

Neuron

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-62

  Rasika, S ^a   Alvarez Buylla, Arturo ^a   Nottebohm, Fernando ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CANARY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032927848     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80678-9     Document Type: Article

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