Localization of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and TrkB receptors to postsynaptic densities of adult rat cerebral cortex

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 454-463

  Aoki, Chiye ^a   Wu, Kuo ^b   Elste, Alice ^a   Len, Guo Wei ^b   Lin, Siang Yo ^b   McAuliffe, Geoff ^b   Black, Ira B ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Postsynaptic; PSD; TrkB; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, TRKB; SYNAPSES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034142313     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(20000201)59:3<454::AID-JNR21>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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