The yin and yang of neurotrophin action

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 603-614

  Lu, Bai ^a   Pang, Petti T ^a   Woo, Newton H ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; PRONEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE C; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY;

EID: 23044488902     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn1726     Document Type: Review

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