Nerve growth factor regulates the firing patterns and synaptic composition of motoneurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 8308-8319

  Davis López De Carrizosa, María A ^a   Morado Díaz, Camilo J ^a   Morcuende, Sara ^a   De La Cruz, Rosa R ^a   Pastor, Ángel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

K 252A; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; REX PROTEIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; BRAIN STEM; CARBAZOLES; CATS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE PRODUCTS, REX; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 77953731919     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0719-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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