Corticospinal tract development and spinal cord innervation differ between cervical and lumbar targets

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1181-1191

  Kamiyama, Tsutomu ^a   Kameda, Hiroshi ^a   Murabe, Naoyuki ^a   Fukuda, Satoshi ^a   Yoshioka, Noboru ^a   Mizukami, Hiroaki ^b   Ozawa, Keiya ^b   Sakurai, Masaki ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Channelrhodopsin2; Corticospinal projection; Development; Synapse elimination; Topography; Transient synapse

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE; RHODOPSIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DENSITY; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOACTIVATION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; AGING; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HINDLIMB; INNERVATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MOUSE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CELL COUNT; CERVICAL CORD; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MICE; MOVEMENT; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84921470778     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2842-13.2015     Document Type: Article

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