Infusion of nerve growth factor (NGF) into kitten visual cortex increases immunoreactivity for NGF, NGF receptors, and choline acetyltransferase in basal forebrain without affecting ocular dominance plasticity or column development

Neuroscience

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 569-585

  Silver, M A ^a   Fagiolini, M ^a   Gillespie, D C ^a   Howe, C L ^a   Frank, M G ^a   Issa, N P ^a   Antonini, A ^a   Stryker, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Choline acetyltransferase; Monocular deprivation; p75; Retrograde transport; TrkA

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; MONOCULAR VISION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMAL; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CATS; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0035225693     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(01)00391-8     Document Type: Article

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