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Axon Guidance

Known as: Neuronal Pathfinding, Neural Pathfinding, Axonal Pathfinding 
The chemotaxis process that directs the migration of an axon growth cone to a specific target site in response to a combination of attractive and… 
National Institutes of Health

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Narrower (3)

Roundabout signaling pathway involved in axon guidanceVEGF-activated neuropilin signaling pathway involved in axon guidancesemaphorin-plexin signaling pathway involved in axon guidance

Broader (1)

axonogenesis

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Review
2016
Review
2016
Structural Perspectives on Axon Guidance.
Axon guidance relies on a combinatorial code of receptor and ligand interactions that direct adhesive/attractive and repulsive… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
A high-throughput microfluidic assay to study neurite response to growth factor gradients.
Studying neurite guidance by diffusible or substrate bound gradients is challenging with current techniques. In this study, we… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
BMP gradients steer nerve growth cones by a balancing act of LIM kinase and Slingshot phosphatase on ADF/cofilin
Bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs) are involved in axon pathfinding, but how they guide growth cones remains elusive. In this study… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
CXC chemokine receptor 4 regulates neuronal migration and axonal pathfinding in the developing nervous system: implications for neuronal regeneration in the adult brain.
Chemotactic cytokines (chemokines) are small secreted proteins that control leukocyte trafficking in immune organs. Chemokines… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Transient downregulation of sema3a mrna in a rat model for temporal lobe epilepsy A novel molecular event potentially contributing to mossy fiber sprouting
Review
2002
Review
2002
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells: from specific surface markers to specific cellular functions.
Review
2001
Review
2001
Emerging roles for semaphorins in neural regeneration
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Diversity and Specificity of Actions of Slit2 Proteolytic Fragments in Axon Guidance
The Slits are secreted proteins that bind to Robo receptors and play a role in axon guidance and neuronal migration. In… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
The Midline Glia of Drosophila: a molecular genetic model for the developmental functions of Glia
Review
1999
Review
1999
A family of proteins implicated in axon guidance and outgrowth.
Rapid progress in the identification and characterization of axon guidance molecules and their receptors has left the field… 
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