Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor is a neurotrophic survival factor for lumbar but not for other somatic motoneurons in the chick embryo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 326-337

  Novak, Kristine D ^a   Prevette, David ^a   Wang, Siwei ^a   Gould, Tom W ^a   Oppenheim, Ronald W ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Chick embryo; HGF SF; Motoneurons; Spinal cord; Trophic factor

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

EID: 0033999093     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-01-00326.2000     Document Type: Article

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