Denervation of the skin following section of the inferior alveolar nerve leads to increased NGF accumulation without change in NGF mRNA expression

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 327-330

  Harper, S J ^a   Buchman, V L ^a   Owen, D ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collateral sprouting; Inferior alveolar nerve; NGF; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CHIN; DENERVATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SKIN NERVE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032976748     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.7000     Document Type: Article

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