A novel phenotype for the dynein heavy chain mutation Loa: Altered dendritic morphology, organelle density, and reduced numbers of trigeminal motoneurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2757-2773

  Wiggins, Larisa M ^a   Kuta, A ^b,c   Stevens, James C ^b   Fisher, Elizabeth M C ^b   Von Bartheld, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cranial motor neuron; Dynein mutation; Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus; Mitochondria; Stereology; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DYNEIN GENE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CYTOPLASMIC DYNEINS; DENDRITES; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; MALE; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; ORGANELLES; PHENOTYPE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 84862141618     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23085     Document Type: Article

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