The response of dorsal root ganglion axons to nerve growth factor gradients depends on spinal level

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1379-1386

  Vetter, Irina ^a   Pujic, Zac ^a   Goodhill, Geoffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

axon guidance; dorsal root ganglion; nerve growth factor; regeneration; spinal level

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN KINASE; TROPOMYOSIN RELATED KINASE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GELS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, TRKA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77955904984     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1279     Document Type: Article

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