BMP9 protects septal neurons from axotomy-evoked loss of cholinergic phenotype

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Lopez Coviella, Ignacio ^a   Mellott, Tiffany J ^a   Schnitzler, Aletta C ^a   Blusztajn, Jan K ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 9; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLINE TRANSPORTER; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETYLCHOLINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GDF2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN FORNIX; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

MUS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FORNIX, BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; MALE; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79958720201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021166     Document Type: Article

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