Brain-derived neurotrophic factor rescues developing avian motoneurons from cell death

NT-3, BDNF, and NGF in the developing rat nervous system: Parallel as well as reciprocal patterns of expression

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Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +13

Ciliary neurotrophic factor prevents the degeneration of motor neurons after axotomy

Michael Sendtner, Georg W. Kreutzberg, H. Thoenen · Nature · 1990 · 834 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

The neurotrophins BDNF, NT-3, and NGF display distinct patterns of retrograde axonal transport in peripheral and central neurons

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Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +15

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevents the death of motoneurons in newborn rats after nerve section

Michael Sendtner, Bettina Holtmann, R. Kolbeck et al. · Nature · 1992 · 717 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor rescues spinal motor neurons from axotomy-induced cell death

Yan Qiao, Jeffrey L. Elliott, William D. Snider · Nature · 1992 · 673 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +12