Motor neurons and the generation of spinal motor neuron diversity

N Stifani - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2014‏ - frontiersin.org
Motor neurons (MNs) are neuronal cells located in the central nervous system (CNS)
controlling a variety of downstream targets. This function infers the existence of MN subtypes …

Therapeutic targeting of EPH receptors and their ligands

AW Boyd, PF Bartlett, M Lackmann - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014‏ - nature.com
Critical roles for EPH receptor (EPH)–ephrin signalling in a range of chronic and
regenerative diseases are increasingly being recognized. In particular, the complex roles of …

Getting neural circuits into shape with semaphorins

RJ Pasterkamp - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2012‏ - nature.com
Semaphorins are key players in the control of neural circuit development. Recent studies
have uncovered several exciting and novel aspects of neuronal semaphorin signalling in …

Pathway and network-based analysis of genome-wide association studies in multiple sclerosis

SE Baranzini, NW Galwey, J Wang… - Human molecular …, 2009‏ - academic.oup.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) testing several hundred thousand SNPs have
been performed in multiple sclerosis (MS) and other complex diseases. Typically, the …

Cellular strategies of axonal pathfinding

J Raper, C Mason - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2010‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Axons follow highly stereotyped and reproducible trajectories to their targets. In this review
we address the properties of the first pioneer neurons to grow in the develo** nervous …

Pre-target axon sorting establishes the neural map topography

T Imai, T Yamazaki, R Kobayakawa, K Kobayakawa… - Science, 2009‏ - science.org
Sensory information detected by the peripheral nervous system is represented as a
topographic map in the brain. It has long been thought that the topography of the map is …

[HTML][HTML] Ret is a multifunctional coreceptor that integrates diffusible-and contact-axon guidance signals

D Bonanomi, O Chivatakarn, G Bai, H Abdesselem… - Cell, 2012‏ - cell.com
Growing axons encounter multiple guidance cues, but it is unclear how separate signals are
resolved and integrated into coherent instructions for growth cone navigation. We report that …

Motor axon pathfinding

D Bonanomi, SL Pfaff - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2010‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Motor neurons are functionally related, but represent a diverse collection of cells that show
strict preferences for specific axon pathways during embryonic development. In this article …

Ephrin-mediated cis-attenuation of Eph receptor signaling is essential for spinal motor axon guidance

TJ Kao, A Kania - Neuron, 2011‏ - cell.com
Axon guidance receptors guide neuronal growth cones by binding in trans to axon guidance
ligands in the develo** nervous system. Some ligands are coexpressed in cis with their …

Molecular identity of proprioceptor subtypes innervating different muscle groups in mice

S Dietrich, C Company, K Song, ED Lowenstein… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
The precise execution of coordinated movements depends on proprioception, the sense of
body position in space. However, the molecular underpinnings of proprioceptive neuron …