Nerve Growth Factor

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 71-78

  Petruska, J C ^a   Mendell, L M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; BDNF (or brain derived neurotrophic factor); Capsaicin; Dorsal root ganglion (or DRG); GDNF (or glial derived neurotrophic factor); Inflammation; Mast cell; Neurotrophic hypothesis; Neurotrophin; NGF (or nerve growth factor); Nociceptor; NT 3 (or neurotrophin 3); P75; Pain; Sensitization; Trk receptors; TrkA; TRPV1

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882837717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.00672-0     Document Type: Chapter

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