Do neurotrophins regulate the feto-placental development?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 726-728

  Mayeur, Sylvain ^a   Lukaszewski, Marie Amélie ^a   Breton, Christophe ^a   Storme, Laurent ^a   Vieau, Didier ^a   Lesage, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSOR;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79954419540     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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