TrkB Receptor Signaling Regulates Developmental Death Dynamics, But Not Final Number, of Retinal Ganglion Cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 31, 2003, Pages 10137-10145

  Pollock, Graeme S ^a   Robichon, Regine ^a   Boyd, Kristina A ^a   Kerkel, Kristi A ^a   Kramer, Melissa ^a   Lyles, Johnalyn ^a   Ambalavanar, Ranjini ^a   Khan, Asema ^a   Kaplan, David R ^b   Williams, Robert W ^c   Frost, Douglas O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell death; Development; Ganglion cell; Hamster; Mouse; Neurotrophin; Retina; TrkB; Visual system

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; DNA; NEUROTROPHIN 4; PROTEIN; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAMSTER; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL SYSTEM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0242610877     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-31-10137.2003     Document Type: Article

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