Carrier mediated delivery of NGF: Alterations in basal forebrain neurons in aged rats revealed using antibodies against low and high affinity ngf receptors

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 387, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Bäckman, Cristina ^a   Rose, Gregory M ^a,b   Bartus, Raymond T ^d   Hoffer, Barry J ^a   Mufson, Elliott J ^c   Granholm, Ann Charlotte ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ALKERMES INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Neurotrophic factors; Plasticity; Septal nucleus

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEPTUM NUCLEUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 0345557871     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971013)387:1<1::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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