Disruption of sonic hedgehog signaling affects axon routing in the mouse optic chiasm

Neuroembryology and Aging

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 76-84

  Hao, Yanli ^a,b   Wang, Jun ^a,c   Chan, Chung Kit ^a   Chan, Sun On ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Mouse; Visual pathway, retina

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DISRUPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 34347358502     PISSN: 16613406     EISSN: 16613414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103583     Document Type: Article

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