Regulation of neonatal development of retinal ganglion cell dendrites by neurotrophin-3 overexpression

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 514, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 449-458

  Liu, Xiaorong ^a,b   Robinson, Michael L ^c   Schreiber, Ann Marie ^b   Wu, Vincent ^b   Lavail, Matthew M ^b   Cang, Jianhua ^a   Copenhagen, David R ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Confocal imaging; Dendritic development; Neurotrophin 3 (NT 3); Retinalganglion cells; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EYE MOVEMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; EYE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DENDRITES; EYE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 66149121506     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22016     Document Type: Article

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