BDNF/trkB signaling in the developmental sculpting of visual connections

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 134, Issue , 2001, Pages 35-49

  Frost, Douglas O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

CELL MATURATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0035783241     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(01)34004-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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