Fibroblast growth factor-2 promotes axon branching of cortical neurons by influencing morphology and behavior of the primary growth cone

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3932-3941

  Szebenyi, Györgyi ^a,b   Dent, Erik W ^a   Callaway, John L ^a   Seys, Chad ^a   Lueth, Helen ^a   Kalil, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Collateral axon branching; Cortical development; Fibroblast growth factor; Growth cone; Time lapse imaging

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CONE; HAMSTER; IMAGING; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 0035371408     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-11-03932.2001     Document Type: Article

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