title: Neurotrophins: new roles for a seasoned cast.
abstract: Recent studies suggest that endogenous neurotrophins play a central role in the patterning of cortical connections and in cortical synaptic physiology. Do these effects of neurotrophids reflect independent cellular events, or are they manifestations of a single cellular mechanism central to developmental plasticity?
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Shieh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghosh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000502:physiology; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D020933:Neurotrophin 3; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology*
chemical_list: D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D020933:Neurotrophin 3; C071951:neurotrophin 5; C073922:neurotrophin 4