Ciliary neurotrophic factor increases muscle fiber number in the developing levator ani muscle of female rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 296, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 73-76

  Peroulakis, Maria E ^a   Forger, Nancy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Ciliary neurotrophic factor; Muscle; Myotrophic; Neurotrophic; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE MASS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIC FLOOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034704382     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01649-9     Document Type: Article

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