Nerve growth factor in glia and inflammatory cells of the injured rat spinal cord

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 730-739

  Krenz, Natalie R ^a   Weaver, Lynne C ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Glia; Macrophages pinal cord injury; Microglia; Nerve growth factor; Oligodendrocytes; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; GLIA; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROGLIA; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYELITIS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROGLIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033971986     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.740730.x     Document Type: Article

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