Nerve injury signaling

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 276-283

  Abe, Namiko ^a   Cavalli, Valeria ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX11; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

AXONAL INJURY; CELL REGENERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 53949112900     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.06.005     Document Type: Review

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