Developmental axon pruning mediated by BDNF-p75NTR-dependent axon degeneration

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 649-658

  Singh, Karun K ^a,b,e   Park, Katya J ^a,b   Hong, Elizabeth J ^c,d   Kramer, Bianca M ^a,b   Greenberg, Michael E ^c,d   Kaplan, David R ^a,b   Miller, Freda D ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EYE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; AXOTOMY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLERA TOXIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; STILBAMIDINES; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 44349087637     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2114     Document Type: Article

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