Molecular guidance cues necessary for axon pathfinding from the ventral cochlear nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 504, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 533-549

  Howell, David M ^a   Morgan, Warren J ^a   Jarjour, Andrew A ^b   Spirou, George A ^a,c   Berrebi, Albert S ^a,c   Kennedy, Timothy E ^b   Mathers, Peter H ^a,c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; DCC; mafB; Netrin; Robo; Slit; Superior olivary complex; Ventral acoustic stria

Indexed keywords

NETRIN 1; PROTEIN DCC; RNA; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SLIT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STEREOMETRY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AXONS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 35348823652     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21443     Document Type: Article

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