EphB receptor forward signaling regulates area-specific reciprocal thalamic and cortical axon pathfinding

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2188-2193

  Robichaux, Michael A ^a,b   Chenaux, George ^b,c   Henry Ho, Hsin Yi ^d   Soskis, Michael J ^d   Dravis, Christopher ^c   Kwan, Kenneth Y ^e   Sestan, Nenad ^e   Greenberg, Michael Eldon ^d   Henkemeyer, Mark ^c   Cowan, Christopher W ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84893822094     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1324215111     Document Type: Article

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