Rita Levi-Montalcini and the discovery of NGF, the first nerve cell growth factor

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-181

  Aloe, L ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collaborators; Ebri; Neurotrophins; NGF; NGF receptors

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEUROSCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONS; NEUROSCIENCES; NOBEL PRIZE;

EID: 79958124103     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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