Neurobehavioral coping to altered gravity: Endogenous responses of neurotrophins

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 146, Issue , 2004, Pages 185-194

  Francia, Nadia ^a   Santucci, Daniela ^a   Aloe, Luigi ^b   Alleva, Enrico ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

BDNF; Behavior; Hypergravity; Motion sickness; Mouse; NGF

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; GRAVITY; HEART; HUMAN; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAST CELL; MOTION SICKNESS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPACE; STRESS;

EID: 0348110430     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(03)46013-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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