Bifurcation of axons from cranial sensory neurons is disabled in the absence of Npr2-Induced cGMP signaling

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 737-747

  Ter Avetisyan, Gohar ^a   Rathjen, Fritz G ^a   Schmidt, Hannes ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axonal branching; cGKI; cGMP signaling; CNP; Cranial sensory ganglia; Npr2

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE 1; GUANYLYL CYCLASE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR 2; HORMONE RECEPTOR; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE TYPE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CRANIAL NERVE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AXONAL BRANCHING; CGKI; CGMP SIGNALING; CNP; CRANIAL SENSORY GANGLIA; NPR2;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CRANIAL NERVES; CYCLIC GMP; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84892393197     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4183-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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