Novel DLK-independent neuronal regeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans shares links with activity-dependent ectopic outgrowth

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

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2016, Pages E2852-E2860

  Chung, Samuel H ^a,b,c   Awal, Mehraj R ^b,c   Shay, James ^b,c   McLoed, Melissa M ^b,c   Mazur, Eric ^a   Gabel, Christopher V ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity dependent ectopic axon outgrowth; Axon regeneration; DLK 1; Femtosecond laser ablation; Lesion conditioning

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CHLORMETHINE; CYCLIC AMP; DUAL LEUCINE ZIPPER KINASE; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; ANIMAL; AXON; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; NERVE REGENERATION;

EID: 84970039338     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1600564113     Document Type: Article

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