Article
Axonal growth and guidance defects in Frizzled3 knock-out mice: a comparison of diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging, neurofilament staining, and genetically directed cell labeling.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 11 Jan 2006
Wang Yanshu, Zhang Jiangyang, Mori Susumu, Nathans Jeremy
Abstract excerpt
Previous work has identified axonal outgrowth and/or guidance defects in the brain and spinal cord of prenatal Frizzled3 (Fz3)(-/-) mice. To systematically explore the axonal defects in Fz3(-/-) mice and to compare techniques for the global assessment of axon tracts in the developing mouse, we have analyzed wild-type and Fz3(-/-) brains using (1) diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (muDTI), (2)...
Topics
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Animals
- Axons
- Bacterial Proteins
- Brain
- Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Frizzled Receptors
- GPI-Linked Proteins
- Genes, Lethal
