Thalamic afferents influence cortical progenitors via ephrin A5-EphA4 interactions

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 140-150

  Gerstmann, Katrin ^a,b   Pensold, Daniel ^a   Symmank, Judit ^c   Khundadze, Mukhran ^a   Hübner, Christian A ^a   Bolz, Jürgen ^b   Zimmer, Geraldine ^a,b  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cortex; Ephrin A5; Neurogenesis; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN A4; EPHRIN A5; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A4; LIGAND;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMEDIATE PROGENITOR CELL; MACROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STEM CELL; THALAMUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; EMBRYOLOGY; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPENDYMOGLIAL CELLS; EPHRIN-A5; LIGANDS; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RECEPTOR, EPHA4; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84918520040     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.104927     Document Type: Article

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