Analysis of the astray/robo2 zebrafish mutant reveals that degenerating tracts do not provide strong guidance cues for regenerating optic axons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 41, 2010, Pages 13838-13849

  Wyatt, Cameron ^a   Ebert, Anselm ^a   Reimer, Michell M ^a   Rasband, Kendall ^b   Hardy, Melissa ^b   Chien, Chi Bin ^b   Becker, Thomas ^a   Becker, Catherina G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ROBO2; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SLIT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; ROBO2 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; INNERVATION; MUTANT; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 77958063780     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3846-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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