Dexamethasone induces TrkA and p75NTR immunoreactivity in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 257-267

  Shi, Bitao ^a   Mocchetti, Italo ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Hippocampal granule neurons; NGF; NGF receptors; Nucleus basalis magnocellularis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT;

EID: 0034089055     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2000.7360     Document Type: Article

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