Agonistic encounters in aged male mouse potentiate the expression of endogenous brain NGF and BDNF: Possible implication for brain progenitor cells' activation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1455-1464

  Fiore, Marco ^a   Amendola, Tiziana ^a   Triaca, Viviana ^a   Tirassa, Paola ^a   Alleva, Enrico ^b   Aloe, Luigi ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; BDNF; Neurogenesis; NGF; Progenitor cell; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

AGED; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEM CELL;

AGING; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038029729     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02573.x     Document Type: Article

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