Muscle Spindle-Derived Neurotrophin 3 Regulates Synaptic Connectivity between Muscle Sensory and Motor Neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 3512-3519

  Chen, Hsiao Huei ^a   Tourtellotte, Warren G ^b   Frank, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egr3; Ia afferent; Motoneuron; Muscle spindle; NT3; Proprioceptive neuron; Trophic factor

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 3; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 3; EGR3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INJECTION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PTOSIS; SCOLIOSIS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; TREMOR; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BACK; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; INNERVATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SENSORY NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 3; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROTROPHIN 3; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036584233     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-09-03512.2002     Document Type: Article

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