Neuropeptides
Volume 43, Issue 5 , Pages 363-369 , October 2009

Role of NGF in spared DRG following partial dorsal rhizotomy in cats

  • Xue Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Neurobiology, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
    • They contribute equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Jin-Wei Yang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neuroscience, Kunming Medical College, Kunming 650031, China
    • They contribute equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Wei Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Neurobiology, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
    • ,
  • Ke-Qun Ou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Neurobiology, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
    • ,
  • Hao-Li Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurobiological Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
    • ,
  • Yu-Qiong Ma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Neurobiology, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
    • ,
  • Si-Xiu Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Neurobiology, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
    • ,
  • Li-Yan Li

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neuroscience, Kunming Medical College, Kunming 650031, China
    • ,
  • Ting-Hua Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Neurobiology, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
    • Institute of Neurobiological Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
    • Institute of Neuroscience, Kunming Medical College, Kunming 650031, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Histology and Neurobiology, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Tel./fax: +86 28 85501518.

Received 7 February 2009 ,Accepted 6 July 2009.

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