Neural cell adhesion molecule, NCAM, regulates thalamocortical axon pathfinding and the organization of the cortical somatosensory representation in mouse

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUNE 2012, 2012, Pages

  Enriquez Barreto, Lilian ^a,b,c   Palazzetti, Cecilia ^a   Brennaman, Leann H ^b   Maness, Patricia F ^b   Fairén, Alfonso ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH OF LA RIOJA CIBIR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adhesion and signaling molecules; Axonal pathfinding; Axonal tract tracing; Barrel cortex; NCAM; Thalamocortical axons

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; POLYSIALIC ACID;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPID BILAYER; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 84864003626     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2012.00076     Document Type: Article

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