Randomized retinal ganglion cell axon routing at the optic chiasm of GAP-43-deficient mice: Association with midline recrossing and lack of normal ipsilateral axon turning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 10502-10513

  Sretavan, David W ^a   Kruger, Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon pathfinding; Calmodulin; GAP 43; Growth cone signaling; Optic chiasm; Optic tract; Retinal ganglion cell; Ventral diencephalon midline

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; NEUROMODULIN; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; DIENCEPHALON; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH CONE; INVERTEBRATE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032535718     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-24-10502.1998     Document Type: Article

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