Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide promotes the survival of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in vitro and in vivo: Comparison with effects of nerve growth factor

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2273-2280

  Takei, Nobuyuki ^a   Torres, Eduardo ^c   Yuhara, Aki ^c   Jongsma, Helen ^a   Otto, Christiane ^b   Korhonen, Laura ^a   Abiru, Yasuhiro ^c   Skoglösa, Ylva ^a   Schütz, Günther ^b   Hatanaka, Hiroshi ^c   Sofroniew, Michael V ^c   Lindholm, Dan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Development; Fimbria fornix; NGF; PACAP; Rat septal neurons; Survival

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DRUG VEHICLE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FIMBRIA; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STAINING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AXOTOMY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FETUS; FORNIX (BRAIN); GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; RATS; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPTUM OF BRAIN;

EID: 0033944825     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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