Midbrain dopaminergic axons are guided longitudinally through the diencephalon by Slit/Robo signals

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 347-356

  Dugan, James P ^a   Stratton, Andrea ^a   Riley, Hilary P ^a   Farmer, W Todd ^a   Mastick, Grant S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Dopaminergic; Longitudinal; Robo; Slit

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ROBO 1; PROTEIN ROBO 2; PROTEIN SLIT 1; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SLIT PROTEIN; SLIT2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; DIENCEPHALON; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EMBRYO; IN VITRO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MOVEMENT; DIENCEPHALON; DOPAMINE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS;

EID: 78650924310     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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