Platelet-derived nerve growth factor supports the survival of cholinergic neurons in organotypic rat brain slices

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 574, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-69

  Kniewallner, Kathrin M ^a   Grimm, Natalia ^a   Humpel, Christian ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cholinergic neurons; Nerve growth factor; Neuroprotection; Platelets

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THROMBOCYTE; ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; BLOOD PLATELETS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84901953782     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.05.033     Document Type: Article

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