Local inhibition guides the trajectory of early longitudinal tracts in the developing chick brain

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-156

  Molle, Klaus D ^a,f   Chédotal, Alain ^b,g   Rao, Yi ^c   Lumsden, Andrew ^d   Wizenmann, Andrea ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g Groupe Enzymologie Moléculaire et Fonctionnelle   (France)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Development; Longitudinal tracts; Repulsion; Slit

Indexed keywords

SLIT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICKEN; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CHICK EMBRYO; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 1642316352     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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