FGF8 signaling regulates growth of midbrain dopaminergic axons by inducing semaphorin 3F

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4044-4055

  Yamauchi, Kenta ^a   Mizushima, Shigeki ^a,d   Tamada, Atsushi ^b,e   Yamamoto, Nobuhiko ^a   Takashima, Seiji ^c   Murakami, Fujio ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d FUJI OIL CO LTD   (Japan)

^e RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; NEUROPILIN 2; 3 [4 METHYL 2 (2 OXO 3 INDOLINYLMETHYLIDENYL) 3 PYRROLYL]PROPIONIC ACID; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; ENZYME INHIBITOR; OTX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; SEMAPHORIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; DIENCEPHALON; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH REGULATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BRAIN; CELL STRAIN COS1; CERCOPITHECUS; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COS CELLS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; NEUROPILIN-2; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PYRROLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMAPHORINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 65249180289     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4794-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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