Rho/Rho-kinase signaling pathway controls axon patterning of a specified subset of cranial motor neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 612-621

  Kobayashi, Kenta ^a   Masuda, Tomoyuki ^a   Takahashi, Masanori ^b   Miyazaki, Jun ichi ^c   Nakagawa, Masahiro ^d   Uchigashima, Motokazu ^e   Watanabe, Masahiko ^e   Yaginuma, Hiroyuki ^a   Osumi, Noriko ^b,f   Kaibuchi, Kozo ^g   Kobayashi, Kazuto ^a,f  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^g NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Cre loxP system; Motor neuron; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

RHO FACTOR; RHO KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FACIAL NERVE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROGENESIS; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79951488645     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07554.x     Document Type: Article

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