The structural effect of systemic NGF treatment on permanently axotomised dorsal root ganglion cells in adult rats

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 373-379

  Tandrup, T ^a,b   Vestergaard, S ^a   Tomlinson, D R ^c   Diemel, L T ^c   Jakobsen, J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Axotomy; Nerve transection; Neuronal degeneration; Neurotrophic factors

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOMETRY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL NERVES; SUBSTANCE P; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0033009401     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1999.19430373.x     Document Type: Article

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