NGF and BDNF in the anterior pituitary lobe of adult rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 355-363

  Höpker, Veit H ^a   Amoureux, Marie Claude ^a   Varon, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; Neuroendocrine; Neurotrophins

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; THYROTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842411370     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970801)49:3<355::AID-JNR10>3.3.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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