BDNF is needed for postnatal maturation of basal forebrain and neostriatum cholinergic neurons in vivo

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 297-310

  Ward, Nicole L ^a   Hagg, Theo ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Development; Hippocampal formation; Medial septum; Neurotrophin; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; MOUSE; NEOSTRIATUM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0034056334     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7346     Document Type: Article

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