Trophic effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor blockade in an androgen-sensitive neuromuscular system

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5337-5348

  Verhovshek, Tom ^a   Sengelaub, Dale R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR TYPE B IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; DENDRITE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE MASS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL NUCLEUS OF THE BULBOCAVERNOSUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CELL SHAPE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; ORCHIECTOMY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SHAPE; DENDRITES; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 78049505692     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0799     Document Type: Article

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