Lack of neurotrophin-4 causes selective structural and chemical deficits in sympathetic ganglia and their preganglionic innervation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3073-3084

  Roosen, Alexander ^a   Schober, Andreas ^a   Strelau, Jens ^a   Böttner, Martina ^a   Faulhaber, Jörg ^a   Bendner, Gerald ^a   McIlwrath, Sabrina L ^c   Seller, Horst ^a   Ehmke, Heimo ^b   Lewin, Gary R ^c   Unsicker, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Catecholamines; Celiac ganglion; Intermediolateral column; Preganglionic sympathetic neurons; Stellate ganglion; Superior cervical ganglion; Synapses

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHOLAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIN 4; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CELIAC GANGLION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STELLATE GANGLION; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0035341260     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-09-03073.2001     Document Type: Article

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