Ex vivo nerve growth factor gene transfer to the basal forebrain in presymptomatic middle-aged rats prevents the development of cholinergic neuron atrophy and …

A Martínez-Serrano, A Björklund - Proceedings of the …, 1998 - National Acad Sciences
Nerve growth factor (NGF) is able to restore spatial learning and reverse forebrain
cholinergic neuron atrophy when administered intracerebrally to behaviorally impaired aged …

Somatic gene transfer of NGF to the aged brain: behavioral and morphological amelioration

KS Chen, FH Gage - Journal of Neuroscience, 1995 - Soc Neuroscience
Primary fibroblasts modified to secrete nerve growth factor (NGF) were implanted into the
nucleus basalis magnocellularis (NBM) of aged memory impaired rats. The NGF-producing …

Long-term functional recovery from age-induced spatial memory impairments by nerve growth factor gene transfer to the rat basal forebrain.

A Martínez-Serrano, W Fischer… - Proceedings of the …, 1996 - National Acad Sciences
Nerve growth factor (NGF) stimulates functional recovery from cognitive impairments
associated with aging, either when administered as a purified protein or by means of gene …

NGF gene transfer to intrinsic basal forebrain neurons increases cholinergic cell size and protects from age-related, spatial memory deficits in middle-aged rats

RL Klein, AC Hirko, CA Meyers, JR Grimes… - Brain research, 2000 - Elsevier
Administration of nerve growth factor (NGF) by intracerebroventricular infusion or
transplantation of NGF-secreting cells to the basal forebrain improves spatial memory in …

Reversal of age-dependent cognitive impairments and cholinergic neuron atrophy by NGF-secreting neural progenitors grafted to the basal forebrain

A Martinez-Serrano, W Fischer, A Björklund - Neuron, 1995 - cell.com
A highly NGF-secretlng cell line was generated by retroviral traneduction of a conditionally
immortalized CNS-derived neural progenitor cell line. After tranaplantation to the nucleus …

Disruption of a single allele of the nerve growth factor gene results in atrophy of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons and memory deficits

KS Chen, MC Nishimura, MP Armanini… - Journal of …, 1997 - Soc Neuroscience
Administration of nerve growth factor (NGF) to aged or lesioned animals has been shown to
reverse the atrophy of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons and ameliorate behavioral …

Systemic administration of a nerve growth factor conjugate reverses age-related cognitive dysfunction and prevents cholinergic neuron atrophy

C Bäckman, GM Rose, BJ Hoffer, MA Henry… - Journal of …, 1996 - Soc Neuroscience
Intraventricular administration of nerve growth factor (NGF) in rats has been shown to reduce
age-related atrophy of central cholinergic neurons and the accompanying memory …

Intraparenchymal NGF infusions rescue degenerating cholinergic neurons

MH Tuszynski - Cell transplantation, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
Nerve growth factor (NGF) exerts both trophic (cell survival) and tropic (axonal growth-
promoting) effects on several neuronal populations. In particular, its robust ability to prevent …

Loss of NGF receptor immunoreactivity in basal forebrain neurons of aged rats: correlation with spatial memory impairment

S Koh, P Chang, TJ Collier, R Loy - Brain research, 1989 - Elsevier
Nerve growth factor (NGF) has recently been implicated as a trophic agent in the survival
and maintenance of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons. To test the hypothesis that NGF …

Nerve growth factor reverses spatial memory impairments in aged rats

W Fischer - Neurochemistry international, 1994 - Elsevier
Aged rats, displaying impairments in spatial learning and memory associated with marked
cellular atrophy of forebrain cholinergic neurons, received intracerebroventricular infusions …