Article
Neurotransmitters as neurotrophic factors: a new set of functions.
International review of neurobiology - 1 Jan 1992
Schwartz J P
Abstract excerpt
At the start of this review, factors were deemed trophic if they stimulated mitosis, permitted neural cell survival, promoted neurite sprouting and growth cone motility, or turned on a specific neuronal phenotype. The in vitro evidence from cell cultures is overwhelming that both neurotransmitters and neuropeptides can have such actions. Furthermore, the same chemical can exert several of these effects, either on...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Survival
- Humans
- Mitosis
- Neurites
- Neuroglia
- Neurons
- Neuropeptides
- Neurotransmitter Agents
- Phenotype