Activation of the Wnt-βcatenin pathway in a cell population on the surface of the forebrain is essential for the establishment of olfactory axon connections

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 9757-9768

  Zaghetto, Ambra A ^a   Paina, Sara ^a   Mantero, Stefano ^a   Platonova, Natalia ^a   Peretto, Paolo ^b   Bovetti, Serena ^b,c   Puche, Adam ^c   Piccolo, Stefano ^d   Merlo, Giorgio R ^a,e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

catenin; Axon; Connectivity; Frizzled; Olfactory; Wnt

Indexed keywords

CATENIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CELL POPULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BETA CATENIN; EMBRYO; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROSENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 34547106495     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0763-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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