Establishing the trochlear motor axon trajectory: Role of the isthmic organiser and Fgf8

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 5389-5398

  Irving, Carol ^a   Malhas, Amar ^a   Guthrie, Sarah ^a   Mason, Ivor ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Chemotropic response; Cranial motor nerve; Fgf8; Isthmus; Organiser; Rhombomere; Trochlear nerve

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXPLANT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TROCHLEAR NERVE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHICK EMBRYO; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036930413     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00117     Document Type: Article

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