Developmental expression of EphA4-tyrosine kinase receptor in the mouse brain and spinal cord

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 267-274

  Greferath, Ursula ^a   Canty, Alison J ^a   Messenger, Jonathan ^a   Murphy, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; CNS development; Corpus callosum; Cortex; Cortico spinal tract; Embryonic development; Eph receptor; EphA4 expression; Ephrin; Fornix; Hippocampus; Immunohistochemistry; Mouse; Postnatal development; Spinal cord; Striatum; Thalamo cortical tract

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A4; MESSENGER RNA; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FORNIX; CELL MIGRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RED NUCLEUS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL; SYNAPSE; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BRAIN; COCHLEA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTOR, EPHA4; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0036955832     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00417-3     Document Type: Article

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