Altered midline axon pathways and ectopic neurons in the developing hypothalamus of netrin-1- and DCC-deficient mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 9900-9912

  Deiner, Michael S ^a   Sretavan, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidiuretic hormone; Axon guidance; CD44; Cell migration; DCC; Diencephalon; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hypothalamus; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone; Netrin; Optic chiasm; Organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis; Oxytocin; Retinal ganglion cell; Supraoptic nucleus; Vasopressin; Visual system

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; NETRIN; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0033571942     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-22-09900.1999     Document Type: Article

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