Subpopulations of motor and sensory neurons respond differently to brain-derived neurotrophic factor depending on the presence of the skeletal muscle

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 235, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2175-2184

  Geddes, Allison J ^a   Angka, Heather E ^a   Davies, Kimberley A ^a   Kablar, Boris ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BDNF; Mouse embryos; Myf5; MyoD; Myogenesis; Neuronal survival; Neurotrophins

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO; FACIAL MOTOR NUCLEUS NEURON; GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTONEURON; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYF5 GENE; MYOD GENE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL COUNT; CELL SHAPE; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746978204     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20877     Document Type: Article

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