Nerve growth factor-induced increase in electrical excitability and acetylcholine sensitivity of a rat pheochromocytoma cell line

Dichter, M.A.; Tischler, A.S.; Greene, L.A.

Nature 268(5620): 501-504

1977


ISSN/ISBN: 0028-0836
PMID: 329148
Document Number: 122817
A cloned line of rat pheochromocytoma cells (PC12) which responds to nerve growth factor (NGF) by cessation of division and extension of neuron-like processes, developed electrical excitability and increased acetylcholine sensitivity in the presence of NGF. This implies that NGF influences the physiological differentiation of certain neural crest derivatives.

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