Delineating multiple functions of VEGF-A in the adult brain

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1727-1737

  Licht, Tamar ^a   Keshet, Eli ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Brain plasticity; Neurovascular unit; Vessel homeostasis

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; DENTATE GYRUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEM CELL NICHE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

EID: 84876903454     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1280-x     Document Type: Review

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