Increases in nerve growth factor immunoreactivity in the submandibular gland, but not in the parotid gland, of the rat following sympathetic denervation

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-9

  Ekstrom J ^a   Reinhold, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

NGF; Parotid gland; Rat; Submandibular gland; Sympathetic denervation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0842332827     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(03)00181-X     Document Type: Article

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