Selective fasciculation and divergent pathfinding decisions of embryonic chick motor axons projecting to fast and slow muscle regions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3297-3313

  Milner, Louise D ^a   Rafuse, Victor F ^a   Landmesser, Lynn T ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon pathfinding; Fast slow innervation; Guidance; Motoneuron; Muscle; Neuromuscular development; Selective fasciculation; Selective innervation; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; FASCICULATION; FAST MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW MUSCLE;

EID: 0032079857     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-09-03297.1998     Document Type: Article

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