The Influence of Donor Age, Nerve Growth Factor, and Cografting with Drosophila Cells on Survival of Peripherally Grafted Embryonic or Fetal Rat Dorsal Root Ganglia

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 705-715

  Pavlova, Galina ^b   Enblom, Åsa ^a   Revishchin, Alexander ^b   Sandelin, Martin ^a   Korochkin, Leonid ^b   Kozlova, Elena N ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Neuroscience ^*

Author keywords

Development; Lectin; Neuron survival; Neuropeptide; Neurotrophin

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

AGE; ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GRIFFONIA SIMPLICIFOLIA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0242658790     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000003108747325     Document Type: Article

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