Preserved expression of fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-2 and FGF receptor 1 in brain and spinal cord of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 509-519

  Petri, Susanne ^a,b   Krampfl, Klaus ^a,b   Kuhlemann, Kerstin ^a   Dengler, Reinhard ^a,b   Grothe, Claudia ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; FGF 2; In situ hybridization histochemistry; Neurodegeneration; Neurotrophic factors

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 1; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 64649096511     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-008-0549-x     Document Type: Article

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