Egr3-dependent muscle spindle stretch receptor intrafusal muscle fiber differentiation and fusimotor innervation homeostasis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 5566-5578

  Fernandes, Michelle Oliveira ^a   Tourtellotte, Warren G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egr3; GDNF; Intrafusal muscle fiber; Muscle spindle; NT3; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 3; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GENOMIC DNA; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; BETA-GALACTANASE; ERG3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GLYCOSIDASE; INTEGRASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPIN 3, MOUSE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; GAMMA MOTONEURON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE FIBER; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ROTAROD TEST; SCHWANN CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREADMILL TEST; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; EXERCISE TEST; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MORPHOGENESIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS, GAMMA; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX, STRETCH; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 84929340586     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0241-15.2015     Document Type: Article

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