The retinal ganglion cell axon's journey: Insights into molecular mechanisms of axon guidance

Developmental Biology

Volumn 308, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Erskine, Lynda ^a   Herrera, Eloisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Growth cone; Optic pathway; Retinal ganglion cell; Visual system

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; MORPHOGEN; NETRIN; SLIT PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATOR GENE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 34447642885     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.05.013     Document Type: Review

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