Stop and branch behaviors of geniculocortical axons: A time-lapse study in organotypic cocultures

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3653-3663

  Yamamoto, Nobuhiko ^a   Higashi, Shuji ^b   Toyama, Keisuke ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

axonal branch; collapse; growth cone; neocortex; organotypic culture; target recognition; thalamus; time lapse study

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GROWTH CONE; GROWTH REGULATION; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030982178     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-10-03653.1997     Document Type: Article

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