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Biological Significance and Action of the “Nerve Growth” Factor

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Biochemistry of Brain and Behavior

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The discovery of a ‘Nerve Growth Factor’, NGF, which induces embryonic ganglion cells to differentiate, was made during a study of the development of the embryonic nervous system.

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Hoffman, H. (1970). Biological Significance and Action of the “Nerve Growth” Factor. In: Bowman, R.E., Datta, S.P. (eds) Biochemistry of Brain and Behavior. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9048-0_1

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