The potential of insulin-like growth factor-I as a therapeutic for the treatment of neuromuscular disorders

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1993 Aug 27:692:201-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb26218.x.
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Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / drug therapy
  • Animals
  • Cell Death / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / metabolism
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / pharmacology
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / therapeutic use*
  • Nerve Crush
  • Neuromuscular Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Neurons / cytology
  • Neurons / drug effects
  • Peripheral Nerves / cytology
  • Peripheral Nerves / drug effects
  • Peripheral Nerves / physiology
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / drug therapy
  • Recombinant Proteins / pharmacology
  • Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use
  • Spinal Cord / cytology
  • Spinal Cord / drug effects
  • Spinal Cord / metabolism

Substances

  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I