Responsiveness of sympathetic and sensory iridial nerves to NGF treatment in young and aged rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 287-296

  Gavazzi, Isabella ^a   Railton, Kate L ^a   Ong, Evelyn ^a   Cowen, Timothy ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Autonomic; Collateral sprouting; Neurotrophic; NGF; NGF receptor; p75; Plasticity; Sensory; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IRIS; MALE; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; STAINING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0035112506     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(00)00226-8     Document Type: Article

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