Increased expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor induces formation of basal dendrites and axonal branching in dentate granule cells in hippocampal explant cultures

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 9754-9763

  Danzer, Steve C ^a   Crooks, Kristy R C ^a   Lo, Donald C ^a   McNamara, James O ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal dendrite; BDNF; Biolistics; Dentate granule cell; Epileptogenesis; Mossy fiber sprouting

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; K 252A; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXPLANT; GENE TRANSFER; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0037112211     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-22-09754.2002     Document Type: Article

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