Nerve growth factor-tyrosine kinase A pathway is involved in thermoregulation and adaptation to stress: Studies on patients with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type IV

Pediatric Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 587-590

  Loewenthal, Neta ^a   Levy, Jacov ^a   Schreiber, Ruth ^a   Pinsk, Vered ^a   Perry, Zvi ^a   Shorer, Zamir ^a   Hershkovitz, Eli ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NORADRENALIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A;

ADAPTATION; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITARY SENSORY AND AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY TYPE 4; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; STRESS; THERMOREGULATION; THIRST;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEREDITARY SENSORY AND AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHIES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

EID: 15244343345     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000155941.37155.41     Document Type: Article

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