Thalamocortical axons are influenced by chemorepellent and chemoattractant activities localized to decision points along their path

Developmental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 430-440

  Braisted, Janet E ^a   Tuttle, Rebecca ^a   O'Leary, Dennis D M ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Axon scaffold; Dorsal thalamus; Globus pallidus; Hypothalamus; Internal capsule; Perireticular cells; Ventral telencephalon; Ventral thalamus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAPSULA INTERNA; EMBRYO; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0033561422     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9216     Document Type: Article

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