Differential effects of the trophic factors BDNF, NT-4, GDNF, and IGF-I on the isthmo-optic nucleus in chick embryos

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-303

  Janiga, Timothy A ^a   Rind, Howard B ^a   Von Bartheld, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Neurotrophin receptor; Retina; Retrograde axonal transport; Visual system

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICKEN; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABELING INDEX; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; TARGET CELL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURITES; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0034608477     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(20000605)43:3<289::AID-NEU7>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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