Molecular gradient along the axon pathway is not required for directional axon growth

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 114-124

  Matsuzawa, Mieko ^a   Tokumitsu, Shuzo ^a   Knoll, Wolfgang ^a,b   Liesi, Päivi ^c,d  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

1 Chain of laminin 1; Axon guidance; Hippocampal neurons

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RAT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; LAMININ; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0032125539     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19980701)53:1<114::AID-JNR12>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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