Polyethylenimine-mediated NGF gene delivery protects transected septal cholinergic neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 1008, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 284-287

  Wu, Ke ^a   Meyers, Craig A ^a   Bennett, Jennifer A ^a   King, Michael A ^b,c   Meyer, Edwin M ^a   Hughes, Jeffrey A ^d  

^a ARB5 148 ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic neuron; Development and regeneration; Fimbria fornix transection; Gene transfer; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophic factors: biological effects; Polyethylenimine

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL FIMBRIA; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TRANSGENES;

ARTICULATORY DISTANCE; MULTI-SENSORY INTERFACES; SKETCHING; STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAYS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA TRANSFER; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 6344226421     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.02.051     Document Type: Article

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