GAP-43 is critical for normal targeting of thalamocortical and corticothalamic, but not trigeminothalamic axons in the whisker barrel system

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-47

  Donovan, Stacy L ^a,b   McCasland, James S ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Commissural projections; Cortical dysplasia; Neural pathways; Somatosensory; Trigeminal system

Indexed keywords

NEUROMODULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; FETUS; GENOTYPE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; TOPOGRAPHY; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA; WILD TYPE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GESTATIONAL AGE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 40849106433     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220701830696     Document Type: Article

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