Rescue of axotomized rubrospinal neurons by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the developing opossum, Didelphis virginiana

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 177-184

  Wang, Xian M ^a   Terman, Jonathan R ^a   Martin, George F ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Marsupial; Neurotrophins; Plasticity; Red nucleus; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; RUBROSPINAL TRACT;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXOTOMY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FLUORESCENT DYES; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; NEURONS; OPOSSUMS; RED NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033407122     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(99)00148-0     Document Type: Article

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