Neurotrophic Effects of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor on Organotypic Cortical Explants and Primary Cortical Neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 35, 2003, Pages 11036-11044

  Rosenstein, Jeffrey M ^a   Mani, Nina ^a   Khaibullina, Alfia ^a   Krum, Janette M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Explant culture; Neurotrophic factor; Receptor; Signal transduction; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN TUJ1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXPLANT; FETUS; KNOCKOUT GENE; LETHALITY; MACROGLIA; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPIL; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIKARYON; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 0346118855     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-35-11036.2003     Document Type: Article

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