... neurotrophines in the cerebral cortex and diencephalon during mongolian gerbil brainontogeny.Key words: trkA, NGF, mongolian gerbil, cerebral cortex, diencephalon Introduction In the developing ... to neurotrophinresponsiveness. To investigate the time course of NGF and trkA, we examined trkA expression in the cerebral cortex and diencephalon of postnatal Mongolian Gerbil brain. Thisstudy ... composed of trkA and p75 receptors, also known ashigh and low affinity receptors, according to their ligandbinding affinity [3,7,12]. The trkA protein, a tyrosine kinasereceptor of 140 kDa...