Neurotrophic factors and axonal growth

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 523-531

  Markus, Annette ^a   Patel, Tushar D ^a   Snider, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; RAF PROTEIN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; GLIA CELL; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL DIVISION; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 0036801934     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(02)00372-0     Document Type: Review

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