8. Response of Cells to Nerve Growth Factor (NGF)

EXPERTS Biologist - Rita Levi-Montalcini, Washington University NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT DB28 COPYRIGHT 1972 Educational Development Center, Inc. All rights reserved. Distributed by the University of Massachusetts Amherst under license agreement with the Educational Development Center, Inc. For information on acquiring such distribution rights for your organization, contact the Technology Transfer Office at UMass Amherst. OTHER CREDITS Photographer – Peter Yanover Produced by the Developmental Biology Film Program of the Educational Development Center Project Director – Eugene Bell DESCRIPTION Cultured sympathetic or sensory ganglion produce a halo of nerve fibers. The growth of these fibers is stimulated by the protein Nerve Growth Factor (NGF). NOTES Rita Levi-Montalcini, Washington University - awarded a Nobel Prize for this work