Growth factors: Can they promote neurogenesis?

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 283-285

  Ferguson, Kerry L ^a   Slack, Ruth S ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; GLIA CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0038209233     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(03)00100-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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