Erythropoietin promotes survival and regeneration of insect neurons in vivo and in vitro

Neuroscience

Volumn 188, Issue , 2011, Pages 95-108

  Ostrowski, D ^a   Ehrenreich, H ^b   Heinrich, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Erythropoietin; Insect; Nerve crush; Neuroprotection; Neuroregeneration

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN RECEPTOR; JANUS KINASE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; STAT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; GRASSHOPPER; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOUND DETECTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CELL SURVIVAL; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; GRASSHOPPERS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ERYTHROPOIETIN;

EID: 79958766110     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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