Wnt7A identifies embryonic γ-motor neurons and reveals early postnatal dependence of γ-motor neurons on a muscle spindle-derived signal

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 8725-8731

  Ashrafi, Soha ^a,b   Lalancette Hébert, Melanie ^c   Friese, Andreas ^d,e,f   Sigrist, Markus ^d,e   Arber, Silvia ^d,e   Shneider, Neil A ^c   Kaltschmidt, Julia A ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^f Life Technologies   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; WNT7A PROTEIN;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GAMMA MOTONEURON; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR NEURONS, GAMMA; MUSCLE SPINDLES; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84862834316     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1160-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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