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Christopher E. Henderson

Researcher at Columbia University

Publications -  91
Citations -  13508

Christopher E. Henderson is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Neurotrophic factors & Motor neuron. The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 91 publications receiving 12895 citations. Previous affiliations of Christopher E. Henderson include Centre national de la recherche scientifique & French Institute of Health and Medical Research.

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GDNF: a potent survival factor for motoneurons present in peripheral nerve and muscle

TL;DR: Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), originally identified as a trophic factor specific for dopaminergic neurons, was found to be 75-fold more potent than the neurotrophins in supporting the survival of purified embryonic rat motoneurons in culture and to be a good candidate for treatment of motoneuron disease.
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Characterization of a multicomponent receptor for GDNF

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that physiological responses to GDNF require the presence of a novel glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked protein (designated GDNFR-α) that is expressed on GDNF-responsive cells and binds GDNF with a high affinity, which supports the hypothesis that GDNF uses a multi-subunit receptor system in which GDN FR-α and Ret function as the ligand-binding and signalling components.
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Neurotrophins promote motor neuron survival and are present in embryonic limb bud

TL;DR: It is shown that picomolar concentrations of three neurotrophins, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, neurotroph in-3 and neurotrophin-5, can prevent the death of cultured embryonic rat spinal motor neurons and may be physiological motor neuron growth factors.
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Neuronal Cell Death

TL;DR: In a short review such as this, it is not possible to establish precedence for all ideas or mechanisms, many of which originate from (or are still confined to) studies outside the nervous system, so wherever possible, the interested reader is illustrated by citing recent articles involving neurons.