Alpha motoneurons are present in normal numbers but with reduced soma size in neurotrophin-3 knockout mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-110

  Woolley, Adele ^a   Sheard, Philip ^a   Dodds, Ken ^b   Duxson, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpha motoneuron; Deafferentation; Gamma motoneuron; Lateral motor column; Mouse; Neurotrophin 3; Null mutant; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA MOTONEURON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032884450     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00587-X     Document Type: Article

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