NrCAM deletion causes topographic mistargeting of thalamocortical axons to the visual cortex and disrupts visual acuity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1545-1558

  Demyanenko, Galina P ^a   Riday, Thorfinn T ^a   Tran, Tracy S ^b,e   Dalal, Jasbir ^a,f   Darnell, Eli P ^a   Brennaman, Leann H ^a   Sakurai, Takeshi ^c   Grumet, Martin ^d   Philpot, Benjamin D ^a   Maness, Patricia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NEURON GLIAL RELATED CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROPILIN 2; SEMAPHORIN 3F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN CELL; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH CONE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; GROWTH CONES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPILIN-2; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 79251581250     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4467-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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