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negative chemotaxis

Known as: chemoaversion, chemorepulsion 
The directed movement of a motile cell or organism towards a lower concentration of a chemical. [GOC:ai, GOC:bf, GOC:isa_complete]
National Institutes of Health

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chemorepellent activitychemorepulsion involved in interneuron migration from the subpallium to the cortexchemorepulsion of branchiomotor axonchemorepulsion of dopaminergic neuron axon

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Competing effects of attraction vs. repulsion in chemotaxis
We consider the attraction–repulsion chemotaxis system under homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions in a bounded domain Ω ⊂ ℝn… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Hardwiring the Brain: Endocannabinoids Shape Neuronal Connectivity
The roles of endocannabinoid signaling during central nervous system development are unknown. We report that CB1 cannabinoid… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Semaphorin 3F, a chemorepulsant for endothelial cells, induces a poorly vascularized, encapsulated, nonmetastatic tumor phenotype.
Melanoma is the most lethal skin cancer. Most deaths from melanoma result from metastases. Semaphorins have been shown to inhibit… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Signalling and crosstalk of Rho GTPases in mediating axon guidance
Axon extension during development of the nervous system is guided by many factors, but the signalling mechanisms responsible for… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Cell movement patterns during gastrulation in the chick are controlled by positive and negative chemotaxis mediated by FGF4 and FGF8.
Review
2001
Review
2001
Development of the visual system of the chick II. Mechanisms of axonal guidance
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Slit2-Mediated Chemorepulsion and Collapse of Developing Forebrain Axons
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Chemorepulsion of Neuronal Migration by Slit2 in the Developing Mammalian Forebrain
  • H. Hu
  • Neuron
  • 1999
  • Corpus ID: 7956912
Review
1996
Review
1996
The Molecular Biology of Axon Guidance
Neuronal growth cones navigate over long distances along specific pathways to find their correct targets. The mechanisms and… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Mechanisms and molecules that control growth cone guidance.
  • C. Goodman
  • Annual review of neuroscience
  • 1996
  • Corpus ID: 41864142
Neuronal growth cones traverse long distances along appropriate pathways to find their correct targets. This review presents an… 
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