Pathfinding by identified zebrafish motoneurons in the absence of muscle pioneers

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 7796-7804

  Melançon, Ellie ^a   Liu, Dennis W C ^b   Westerfield, Monte ^a   Eisen, Judith S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptors; Axogenesis; Muscle pioneers; Neuromuscular junctions; Pathway navigation; Zebrafish motoneurons

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; GROWTH CONE; MOTONEURON; MYOTOMY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 1842299310     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-20-07796.1997     Document Type: Article

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