Neurturin is a neurotrophic factor for penile parasympathetic neurons in adult rat

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 198-205

  Laurikainen, Antti ^a,b   Hiltunen, Jukka O ^a   Thomas Crusells, Judith ^a   Vanhatalo, Sampsa ^c   Arumäe, Urmas ^a   Airaksinen, Matti S ^a   Klinge, Erik ^b   Saarma, Mart ^a  

^a Viikki Biocenter   (Finland)

^b Div of Pharmacology and Toxicology   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

GDNF family receptor alpha; Major pelvic ganglion; Nerve growth factors; Neurturin; Penis

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; IODINE 125; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEURTURIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PELVIC NERVE; PENIS ERECTION; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SACRAL SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURITES; NEURONS; NEURTURIN; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PELVIS; PENIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RATS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0034107616     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(200005)43:2<198::AID-NEU9>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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