Persistence of anti-NGF induced dorsal root axons: possible penetration into the mammalian spinal cord.
Persistence of anti-NGF induced dorsal root axons: possible penetration into the mammalian spinal cord.
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抗 NGF 诱导的背根轴突的持续存在:可能渗透到哺乳动物脊髓中。
DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(87)91078-x
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发表时间:
1987
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Perez-Polo,JR
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作者:
Hulsebosch,CE;Coggeshall,RE;Perez-Polo,JR
Neonatal rats were given daily injections of antisera to nerve growth factor protein (anti-NGF) for a period of 1 month and then allowed to survive 17 more months. The number of neurons in dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and axons in the dorsal root (DR) were determined in the anti-NGF rats and compared to similar numbers from untreated littermates. We found a 32% decrease in DRG neuron number and 32 and 34% increases in myelinated and unmyelinated DR fibers, respectively, in the anti-NGF rats. The sensory cell bodies in the anti-NGF rats were on the average 23% larger than in the normal rats. We conclude that in an NGF deprived environment a population of DRG neurons dies, principally the small neurons, and in response the surviving neurons emit extra processes which persist for most of the life of the rat. This suggests that the anti-NGF induced axons enter the spinal cord and synapse.