The role of neurotrophins in muscle under physiological and pathological conditions

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 462-476

  Chevrel, Guillaume ^a   Hohlfeld, Reinhard ^a,b   Sendtner, Michael ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Ciliary neurotrophic factor; Duchenne dystrophy; Glial derived neurotrophic factor; Insulin like growth factor; Myopathies; Myositis; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophin; NT 3; NT 4 5; NT 6; NT 7

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NEUROTROPHIN 6; NEUROTROPHIN 7; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MYOBLAST; MYOPATHY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 33645373042     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20444     Document Type: Review

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