Central neuronal loss and behavioral impairment in mice lacking neurotrophin receptor p75

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-20

  Peterson, Daniel A ^a,b   Dickinson Anson, Heather A ^a   Leppert, John T ^a   Lee, Kuo Fen ^a   Gage, Fred H ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Basal forebrain; Choline acetyltransferase; Nerve growth factor; Tyrosine receptor kinase A

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P 75; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FOREBRAIN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033080789     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19990201)404:1<1::aid-cne1>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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