Age-related decrease in brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene expression in the brain of the zitter rat with genetic spongiform encephalopathy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-72

  Muto, Yuri ^a   Hayashi, Takashi ^a   Higashi, Youichirou ^a   Endo, Takeshi ^a   Yamamoto, Tadashi ^b   Sato, Kenzo ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; MAPK; Neuronal cell death; Neurotrophic factors; Spongiform encephalopathy; Zitter rat

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; PRION DISEASES; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033588210     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00532-7     Document Type: Article

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