The biology of erythropoietin in the central nervous system and its neurotrophic and neuroprotective potential

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 228-235

  Dame, Christof ^a   Juul, Sandra E ^b   Christensen, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Erythropoietin; Erythropoietin mimetic peptide; Erythropoietin receptor; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Ischemia; Neurodevelopment; Neuroprotection; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; NEURONS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0035079692     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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