Effects of neurotrophin-3 gene mutation in the expression of neurocalcin

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 110, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 37-47

  Germana A ^a,d   Del Valle, M E ^b   Laura R ^a   Ciriaco, E ^a   Vega, J A ^b,c   Germana G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglia; Motor end plates; Muscle spindle; Neurotrophin 3; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SENSING RECEPTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROCALCIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; VSNL1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MECHANORECEPTOR; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPTOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; DOWN-REGULATION; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROCALCIN; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, CALCIUM-SENSING; RECEPTORS, SENSORY;

EID: 22244481569     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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