title: Peripheral nerve regeneration: role of growth factors and their receptors.
abstract: Growth factors play a central role in the regulation of normal and injury-induced regenerative cell growth. The purpose of this article is to summarize the available data on the expression of different growth factors and their receptors in the injured peripheral nervous system and to discuss their possible role in promoting peripheral nerve regeneration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuromorphology, Max-Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Martinsried, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raivich
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Kreutzberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000502:physiology*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000502:physiology*; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor