Brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevents neuronal cell death induced by corticosterone

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-235

  Nitta, Atsumi ^a   Ohmiya, Makoto ^a   Sometani, Ayako ^a   Itoh, Megumi ^a   Nomoto, Hiroshi ^a   Furukawa, Yoshiko ^b   Furukawa, Shoei ^a,c  

^a GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aichi Bunkyo Women's College   (Japan)

^c Laboratory of Molecular Biology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Cell death; Corticosterone; Enzyme immunoassay (EIA); Hippocampal neuron; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICOSTERONE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033566332     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990715)57:2<227::AID-JNR8>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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