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nerve growth factor

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nerve growth factor [′nərv ‚grōth ‚fak·tər]
(neuroscience)
A multimeric protein that promotes nerve cell growth and may protect some types of nerve cells from damage, including nerve cells in the cholinergic system.


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With chlorpyrifos addition during mid-differentiation (four days after nerve growth factor pretreatment), ChAT was unaffected, but TH was increased slightly.
The gene added in this study encodes nerve growth factor (NGF), a protein that keeps these cells alive and so facilitates signaling among them.
p75 nerve growth factor receptor staining helps identify desmoplastic and neurotropic melanoma.
 
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