The Pathway Ontology (PW), is currently being developed at the Rat Genome Database. For more information about this vocabulary, please see Petri et al. The rat genome database pathway portal. Database (Oxford). 2011 Apr 8;2011:bar010. Print 2011 or contact us (http://rgd.mcw.edu/contact/index.shtml).
Nerve growth factor (NGF) signaling pathways control a variety of processes such as neuronal cell differentiation and axon growth. Members of the NGF family are best known for their anti-apoptotic role as mediators of neuronal cell survival.