Mice deficient in brain-derived neurotrophic factor have altered development of gastric vagal sensory innervation

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2934-2951

  Murphy, Michelle C ^a   Fox, Edward A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; gastrointestinal tract; vagus nerve; visceral afferents

Indexed keywords

1,1' DIOCTADECYL 3,3,3',3' TETRAMETHYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH; STOMACH WALL; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE FIBERS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; STOMACH; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 77954602712     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22372     Document Type: Article

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