[Nerve growth factors in future therapies. Protein mutation broadens the range of therapeutic possibilities].

Abstract excerpt

The development and maintenance of the vertebrate nervous system requires a continuous supply of a number of polypeptide hormones known as neurotrophic factors. The ability of neurotrophic factors to promote the survival of peripheral and central neurons during development and after neuronal damage has aroused interest in these molecules as potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of nervous lesions and...

Topics

• Humans
• Mutation
• Nerve Degeneration
• Nerve Growth Factors
• Nerve Regeneration
• Nerve Tissue Proteins
• Neurons
• Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor