Role of EphA4 in defining the position of a motoneuron pool within the spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 458, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-111

  Coonan, Jason R ^a   Bartlett, Perry F ^a   Galea, Mary P ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eph; Ephrin; Neuronal tracing; Topography

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EPHA4 RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE; EPHRIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HINDLIMB; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECEPTOR, EPHA4; SPINAL CORD; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0037415899     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10571     Document Type: Article

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