Vascular endothelial growth factor and its high-affinity receptor (VEGFR-2) are highly expressed in the human forebrain and cerebellum during development

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-128

  Sentilhes, Loïc ^a,b,c   Michel, Christine ^a,b,d,e   Lecourtois, Magalie ^b   Catteau, Julie ^a   Bourgeois, Philippe ^b   Laudenbach, Vincent ^a,b   Marret, Stéphane ^a,b   Laquerrière, Annie ^a,b  

^a Rouen Institute for Medical Research and Innovation   (France)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Department of Neonatology ^*  (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

CNS development; Confocal analyses; Human fetal and postnatal brain; Immunohistochemistry; Vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGFR 2

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FETUS; FOREBRAIN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LIMBIC CORTEX; MYELINATION; NEWBORN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGING; CEREBELLUM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 75949118717     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e3181ccc9a9     Document Type: Article

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