The biology of neurotrophins: Cardiovascular function

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 220, Issue , 2014, Pages 309-328

  Emanueli, Costanza ^a   Meloni, Marco ^a   Hasan, Wohaib ^b   Habecker, Beth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; BDNF; Cardiomyocytes; Diabetes; Hypertension; Myocardial ischemia; NGF; NT 3; P75NTR; Parasympathetic nervous system; Pericytes; Sympathetic nervous system; TrkA; TrkB; TrkC; Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF A)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GELATINASE A; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR CONTROL; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 84906537463     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45106-5_12     Document Type: Article

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