Slit2 guides both precrossing and postcrossing callosal axons at the midline in vivo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 8176-8184

  Shu, Tianzhi ^a   Sundaresan, Vasi ^b   McCarthy, Margaret M ^a   Richards, Linda J ^a  

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

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisense oligonucleotides; Axon guidance; Commissure; Corpus callosum; Cortical development; Glial wedge; Midline; Robo; Slit

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SLIT PROTEIN; SLIT2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0042837878     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-22-08176.2003     Document Type: Article

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