Trophic factors: An evolutionary cul-de-sac or door into higher neuronal function?

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 353-355

  Chao, Moses V ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYTOKINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; INSULIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS;

EID: 0034142063     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(20000201)59:3<353::AID-JNR8>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Review

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