The expression and activity of β-catenin in the thalamus and its projections to the cerebral cortex in the mouse embryo

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pratt, Thomas ^a   Davey, John W ^a   Nowakowski, Tomasz J ^a   Raasumaa, Casey ^a   Rawlik, Konrad ^a   McBride, Derek ^b   Clinton, Michael ^b   Mason, John O ^a   Price, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

catenin; BAT gal; Growth cones; mRNA; Netrin 1; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; MESSENGER RNA; NETRIN 1; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NETRIN-1; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; EMBRYO; GROWTH CONE; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BETA CATENIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH CONES; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; THALAMUS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84857351822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-13-20     Document Type: Article

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