Multiple Roles of Ephrins during the Formation of Thalamocortical Projections: Maps and More

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-94

  Bolz, Jürgen ^a   Uziel, Daniela ^a,e   Mühlfriedel, Sven ^a,f   Güllmar, André ^a   Peuckert, Christiane ^a   Zarbalis, Konstantionos ^b,c   Wurst, Wolfgang ^b,c   Torii, Masaaki ^d   Levitt, Pat ^d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axonal guidance; Cortical development; Ephrin; Wiring molecules

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN A5; EPHRIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KNOCKOUT GENE; LIMBIC CORTEX; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY NERVE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYO; EPHRIN-A5; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, EPHA1; THALAMUS;

EID: 1642328739     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10346     Document Type: Article

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