Target-independent specification of proprioceptive sensory neurons

Developmental Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 255-269

  Oakley, Robert A ^a   Karpinski, Beverly A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous afferents; Differentiation; Fate specification; Motor neurons; Muscle afferents; Neurotrophin 3; Neurotrophins; Proprioceptive afferents; Sensory neurons; Spinal cord projections

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3 RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN NERVE;

EID: 0036385789     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0775     Document Type: Article

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