Tissue distribution of Ret, GFRalpha-1, GFRalpha-2 and GFRalpha-3 receptors in the human brainstem at fetal, neonatal and adult age

Brain Research

Volumn 1173, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-52

  Quartu, Marina ^a   Serra, Maria Pina ^a   Boi, Marianna ^a   Ferretti, Maria Teresa ^a   Lai, Maria Letizia ^a   Del Fiacco, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

GDNF family ligand receptor; Immunohistochemistry; Man; Medulla oblongata; Mesencephalon; Pons

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN RET;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET;

EID: 34548826202     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.07.064     Document Type: Article

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