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

Cell Death During Development of the Nervous System

1991 • 3,033 citations

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

1990 • 1,238 citations

Ciliary neurotrophic factor prevents the degeneration of motor neurons after axotomy

1990 • 840 citations

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

1992 • 752 citations

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

1992 • 712 citations

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

1992 • 668 citations

Cell death in the development of the lateral motor column of the chick embryo

1975 • 658 citations

Survival effect of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) on chick embryonic motoneurons in culture: comparison with other neurotrophic factors and cytokines

1990 • 591 citations

Ciliary neurotrophic factor prevents degeneration of motor neurons in mouse mutant progressive motor neuronopathy

1992 • 559 citations

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevents neuronal death in vivo

1988 • 490 citations

Control of Embryonic Motoneuron Survival in Vivo by Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor

1991 • 448 citations

Regression versus peripheral control of differentiation in motor hypoplasia

1958 • 350 citations

Reduction of Naturally Occurring Motoneuron Death in Vivo by a Target-Derived Neurotrophic Factor

1988 • 213 citations

Cell death of motoneurons in the chick embryo spinal cord. IX. The loss of motoneurons following removal of afferent inputs

1984 • 202 citations

Cell death of motoneurons in the chick embryo spinal cord. III. The differentiation of motoneurons prior to their induced degeneration following limb‐bud removal

1978 • 200 citations

Retrograde transport of nerve growth factor (NGF) in motoneurons of developing rats: Assessment of potential neurotrophic effects

1988 • 151 citations

Cell death of motoneurons in the chick embryo spinal cord. VI. Reduction of naturally occurring cell death in the thoracolumbar column of terni by nerve growth factor

1982 • 147 citations

Developmentally Regulated Expression of HDNF/NT‐3 mRNA in Rat Spinal Cord Motoneurons and Expression of BDNF mRNA in Embryonic Dorsal Root Ganglion

1991 • 138 citations

Survival in vitro of motoneurons identified or purified by novel antibodybased methods is selectively enhanced by muscle-derived factors

1991 • 99 citations

Distinct neurotrophic factors from skeletal muscle and the central nervous system interact synergistically to support the survival of cultured embryonic spinal motor neurons

1987 • 90 citations

Early regional variations in motoneuron numbers arise by differential proliferation in the chick embryo spinal cord

1989 • 87 citations

The response of cultured trigeminal and spinal cord motoneurons to nerve growth factor

1990 • 34 citations

Retrograde transport of NGF by early chick embryo spinal cord motoneurons

1988 • 28 citations

Motoneurone survival factor produced by muscle increases in parallel with messenger RNA sequences homologous to βNGF-cDNA

1986 • 18 citations

Ontogeny of high- and low-affinity nerve growth factor receptors in the lumbar spinal cord of the developing chick embryo

1991 • 6 citations