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BDNF is a target-derived survival factor for arterial baroreceptor and chemoafferent primary sensory neurons.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 15 Mar 1999
Brady R, Zaidi S I, Mayer C, Katz D M
Abstract excerpt
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) supports survival of 50% of visceral afferent neurons in the nodose/petrosal sensory ganglion complex (NPG; Ernfors et al., 1994a; Jones et al., 1994; Conover et al., 1995; Liu et al., 1995; Erickson et al., 1996), including arterial chemoafferents that innervate the carotid body and are required for development of normal breathing (Erickson et al., 1996). However, the...
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