Astrocyte and muscle-derived secreted factors differentially regulate motoneuron survival

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 634-644

  Taylor, Anna R ^a   Gifondorwa, David J ^a   Newbern, Jason M ^a,b   Robinson, Mac B ^a   Strupe, Jane L ^a   Prevette, David ^a   Oppenheim, Ronald W ^a   Milligan, Carolanne E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Apoptosis; Caspase; p75NTR; Programmed cell death; SMA; Trophic

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 33846462465     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4947-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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