Neurotrophic growth factors and neurodegenerative diseases: Therapeutic potential of the neurotrophins and ciliary neurotrophic factor

BDNF is a neurotrophic factor for dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra

1991 • 1,487 citations

Neurotrophin-3: a Neurotrophic Factor Related to NGF and BDNF

1990 • 1,261 citations

Ciliary neurotrophic factor prevents the degeneration of motor neurons after axotomy

1990 • 840 citations

Evolutionary studies of the nerve growth factor family reveal a novel member abundantly expressed in xenopus ovary

1991 • 836 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 increases survival and differentiated functions of rat septal cholinergic neurons in culture

1990 • 684 citations

Molecular cloning, expression and regional distribution of rat ciliary neurotrophic factor

1989 • 624 citations

The Receptor for Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor

1991 • 604 citations

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

1992 • 559 citations

Brain‐Derived Neurotrophic Factor Protects Dopamine Neurons Against 6‐Hydroxydopamine and N‐Methyl‐4‐Phenylpyridinium Ion Toxicity: Involvement of the Glutathione System

1992 • 465 citations

Regulation of ciliary neurotrophic factor expression in myelin-related Schwann cells in vivo

1992 • 309 citations

Ciliary neurotrophic factor enhances neuronal survival in embryonic rat hippocampal cultures.

1991 • 182 citations

Ciliary neurotrophic factor enhances neuronal survival in embryonic rat hippocampal cultures

1991 • 164 citations