Expression of neurotrophins in the adult spinal cord in vivo

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Dreyfus, Cheryl F ^a   Dai, Xudong ^a   Lercher, Lauren D ^a   Racey, Bernard R ^a   Friedman, Wilma J ^b   Black, Ira B ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Neurotrophin 3; Neurotrophins; White matter

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VENTRAL ROOT; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033118385     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990401)56:1<1::AID-JNR1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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