Modeling the neurovascular niche: VEGF- and BDNF-mediated cross-talk between neural stem cells and endothelial cells: An in vitro study

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1656-1668

  Li, Qi ^a   Ford, Millicent C ^b   Lavik, Erin B ^b   Madri, Joseph A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; BDNF; Endothelial cell; Neural stem cell; Neurovascular niche; VEGF

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD31; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; STEM CELLS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33845383924     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21087     Document Type: Article

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