Article
Increased apoptosis of motoneurons and altered somatotopic maps in the brachial spinal cord of Hoxc-8-deficient mice.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jan 1998
Tiret L, Le Mouellic H, Maury M, Brûlet P
Abstract excerpt
Mice deficient for the homeotic gene Hoxc-8 suffer from a congenital prehension deficiency of the forepaw. During embryogenesis, Hoxc-8 is highly expressed in motoneurons within spinal cord segments C7 to T1. These motoneurons innervate forelimb distal muscles that move the forepaw. In Hoxc-8 mut...
Topics
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Central Nervous System
- Crosses, Genetic
- Disease Models, Animal
- Foot
- Forelimb
- Hand Strength
- Homeodomain Proteins
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Mice, Neurologic Mutants