Immunohistochemical detection of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF-receptors Flt-1 and KDR/Flk-1 in the vestibule of guinea pigs

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-150

  Hess, Alexander ^a   Bloch, Wilhelm ^a   Wittekindt, Claus ^a   Siodladczek, Jolanta ^a   Addicks, Klaus ^a   Michel, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

NO cGMP pathway; Vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGF receptors; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0033956902     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00774-6     Document Type: Article

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