Overexpression of nerve growth factor in epidermis of transgenic mice causes hypertrophy of the peripheral nervous system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3 II, 1994, Pages 1422-1432

  Albers, Thryn M ^a,b   Wright, Douglas E ^a   Davis, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

epidermal expression; neuron survival; neurotrophin; NGF; transgenic mice; trigeminal ganglion

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SKIN NERVE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDERMIS; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERTROPHY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SKIN; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

EID: 23444455301     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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