Anterograde transport of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its role in the brain

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6653, 1997, Pages 856-860

  Anthony Altar, C ^a   Cai, Ning ^a   Bliven, Tricia ^a   Juhasz, Melissa ^a   Conner, James M ^b   Acheson, Ann L ^a   Lindsay, Ronald M ^a   Wiegand, Stanley J ^a  

^a REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DENERVATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PARVALBUMINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 1842334441     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/39885     Document Type: Article

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