Early deletion of neuromeres in Wnt-1(-/-) mutant mice: Evaluation by morphological and molecular markers

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 374, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 246-258

  Mastick, Grant S ^a   Fan, Chen Ming ^b   Tessier Lavigne, Marc ^b   Serbedzija, George N ^c   McMahon, Andrew P ^c   Easter Jr , Stephen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

axon guidance; cranial nerves; forebrain; mesencephalon; rhombencephalon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CRANIAL NERVE; EMBRYO; EMBRYOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; GENE DELETION; GROWTH REGULATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT1 PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0029858979     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961014)374:2<246::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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