Left-right locomotor circuitry depends on RhoA-driven organization of the neuroepithelium in the developing spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 10396-10407

  Yoshida, Yutaka ^a   Katayama, Kei ichi ^a   Leslie, Jennifer R ^a   Lang, Richard A ^a   Zheng, Yi ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN A4; EPHRIN B3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; OLIGODENDROCYTE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HISTOLOGY; INTERNEURON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPHRIN-B3; GAIT; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84864194944     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6474-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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