Neural (N)-cadherin at developing thalamocortical synapses provides an adhesion mechanism for the formation of somatopically organized connections

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 407, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-471

  Huntley, George W ^a   Benson, Deanna L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance molecules; Barrel cortex; Cadherins; Cell adhesion molecules; Somatosensory cortex; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTOGENESIS; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CADHERINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0033577684     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990517)407:4<453::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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