Developmental patterns of cadherin expression and localization in relation to compartmentalized thalamocortical terminations in rat barrel cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 453, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 372-388

  Gil, Orlando D ^a   Needleman, Leigh ^a   Huntley, George W ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon outgrowth; Cell adhesion molecules; Cortical connections; Somatosensory cortex; Synaptogenesis; Thalamocortical connections

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CADHERIN 10; CADHERIN 6; CADHERIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; GENE PROBE; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CADHERINS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037175339     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10424     Document Type: Article

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