Neurotrophins, nociceptors, and pain

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 45, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 252-261

  Mendell, Lorne M ^a   Albers, Kathryn M ^b   Davis, Brian M ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

BNDF; Development; NGF; Nociception; Nociceptor; NT 4 5; NT 3; Pain; trkA; trkB; trkC

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITION;

BNDF; DEVELOPMENT; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTOR; NT- 4/5; NT-3; PAIN; TRKA; TRKB; TRKC;

CELL CULTURE;

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; FIBROBLAST; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUTROPHIL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

EID: 0033563045     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990515/01)45:4/5<252::AID-JEMT9>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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