Axons of Xenopus neural tube respond to reversals of neural tube orientation

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 490-502

  Nordlander, Ruth H ^a   Liu, Shaoxiong ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

anteroposterior polarity; axonal guidance; frog embryo; growth cone; Kolmer Agduhr cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO; GROWTH REGULATION; NERVE GROWTH; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL POLARITY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029928672     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199604)29:4<490::AID-NEU6>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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