Chick ciliary ganglion

In spite of these similarities, the post-synaptic neurotoxins can be defined as either a-neurotoxins or x-neurotoxins according to functional differences. The a-neurotoxins, of which over ninety have been identified, bind to the neuromuscular subtype of nAChR (K[Pg.293]

Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) is a naturally occurring protein with a molecular mass of approximately 22 kDa. It was initially identified by its ability to support the survival of parasympathetic neurons of the chick ciliary ganglion in vitro (Adler et al., 1979) and subsequently purified to homogeneity from sciatic nerves (Lin et al., 1989 Stbckli et al., 1989). CNTF enhances the survival of... 

TGF l and TGF/32 enhance the glia-mediated stimulation of neurite outgrowth of dorsal root ganglion cells due to expression of the neural adhesion molecule LI (Saad et al., 1991), an effect that is mediated via stimulated NGF production in immature astrocytes. On the other hand, Flanders et al. (1991) reported a decrease in survival of embryonic chick ciliary ganglion cells, when TGF/32 and 3 were added to the cultured... 

Barald, K.F. (1988a) Monoclonal antibodies made to chick mesencephalic neural crest cells and to ciliary ganglion neurons identify a common antigen on the neurons and a neural crest subpopulation. J. Neurosci. Res. 21 107-118. 

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