Evidence for the direct role of acetylcholinesterase in neurite outgrowth in primary dorsal root ganglion neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 861, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 354-362

  Bigbee, John W ^a   Sharma, Karun V ^a   Chan, Ellen L P ^a   Bögler, Oliver ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Adenoviral vector; Cell adhesion; Dorsal root ganglion neuron; Neurite outgrowth

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; EMBRYO; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENETIC VECTORS; NEURITES; NEURONS; RATS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034647050     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02046-1     Document Type: Article

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