Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors in rat neural stem cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 344, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-168

  Maurer, Martin H ^a   Tripps, Wolf K C ^a   Feldmann Jr , Robert E ^a   Kuschinsky, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Anoxia; Cell culture; Neural stem cell; Neurogenesis; Rat; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPILIN 1; NEUROPILIN 2; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEM CELL;

EID: 0038541644     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00407-5     Document Type: Article

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