Postnatal changes in nerve growth factor and brain derived neurotrophic factor levels in the retina, visual cortex, and geniculate nucleus in rats with retinitis pigmentosa

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-40

  Amendola, Tiziana ^a   Fiore, Marco ^a   Aloe, Luigi ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophins; Retinitis pigmentosa; Visual system

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0038180807     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00491-9     Document Type: Article

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