Stories by Rita Levi-Montalcini

The Nerve-Growth Factor: A New Tool for Manipulating Neurons

This protein plays a key role in the formation of the nervous system. It has also been employed as an "Ariadne's thread" to explore mechanisms of nerve-cell growth and differentiation

January 3, 2013 — Rita Levi-Montalcini and Pietro Calissano

The Sciences

The Nerve-Growth Factor

This protein plays a key role in the formation of the nervous system. It has also been employed as an "Ariadne's thread" to explore mechanisms of nerve-cell growth and differentiation

June 1, 1979 — Pietro Calissano and Rita Levi-Montalcini