Spatially restricted increase in polysialic acid enhances corticospinal axon branching related to target recognition and innervation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5488-5497

  Daston, Maryellen M ^a   Bastmeyer, Martin ^a,c   Rutishauser, Urs ^b   O'Leary, Dennis D M ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

axon branching; axon collaterals; axon pathfinding; axon targeting; basilar ports; cell cell interactions; corticospinal tract; endoneuraminidase N; immunoelectron microscopy; neural cell adhesion molecules; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MAMMILLARY BODY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0029843864     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-17-05488.1996     Document Type: Article

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