Ephrin-B3-EphA4 interactions regulate the growth of specific thalamocortical axon populations in vitro

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1168-1172

  Takemoto, Makoto ^a   Fukuda, Tsuyoshi ^a   Sonoda, Rie ^a   Murakami, Fujio ^a   Tanaka, Hideaki ^b   Yamamoto, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Cerebral cortex; Cortical development; Ephrin B3; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; EPHRIN A4; EPHRIN B3; LIGAND; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FETUS; GROWTH REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMBIC CORTEX; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COS CELLS; EPHRIN-B3; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RECEPTOR, EPHA4; RNA, MESSENGER; THALAMUS;

EID: 0036455140     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02166.x     Document Type: Article

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