Signaling mechanisms in cortical axon growth, guidance, and branching

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Kalil, Katherine ^a,b   Li, Li ^a,c   Hutchins, B Ian ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon branching; Axon guidance; Axon outgrowth; Calcium signaling; CaMKII; Corpus callosum; Microtubules; Wnt5a

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CALCIUM ION; NETRIN 1; RYK RECEPTOR; SEMAPHORIN 3A; SLIT2 PROTEIN; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT5A PROTEIN;

AXON GUIDANCE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICAL CONNECTIVITY; CYTOSKELETAL REORGANIZATION; GROWTH CONE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 84855687083     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00062     Document Type: Review

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