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Participation of nerve growth factor in the regulation of ovarian function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Gregory A Dissen ,
Artur Mayerhofer  and
Sergio R. Ojeda
Gregory A Dissen*
Affiliation:
Divison of Neuroscience, Oregon Regional Primate Reserch Center/Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Artur Mayerhofer
Affiliation:
Divison of Neuroscience, Oregon Regional Primate Reserch Center/Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Sergio R. Ojeda
Affiliation:
Divison of Neuroscience, Oregon Regional Primate Reserch Center/Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
*
G.A. Dissen, Division of Neuroscience, Oregon science, Oregon Regional Primate Research Center/Oregon Health Sciences University, 505 N.W. 185th Avenue, Portland, OR 97006-3499, USA.
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Nerve growth factor (NGF) belongs to a family of related target-derived proteins required for the survival and development of discrete neuronal populations in the central and peripheral nervous systems (Levi-Montalcini, 1987; Snider, 1994). Although initial observations led to the conclusion that the biological actions of neurotrophins are restricted to the nervous system (Thoenen, 1991; Raffioni et al. 1993), new evidence suggests that they, and in particular NGF, can also affect non-neuronal cells.

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Zygote , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , November 1996 , pp. 309 - 312
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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