Hepatocyte growth factor protects cultur
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LiLin Zhang; Toshiyuki Himi; Ikuo Morita; Sei-itsu Murota
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Recent studies suggest that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) functions as a neurotrophic factor in the central nervous system. In this study, we investigated the neuroprotective effect of HGF and its mechanism of action. We used cultured cerebellar granule neurons that underwent apoptosis when the cul