Early stages in the development of spinal motor neurons.
Early stages in the development of spinal motor neurons.
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脊髓运动神经元发育的早期阶段。
DOI:
10.1002/cne.903200303
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发表时间:
1992
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通讯作者:
Chiu,AY
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作者:
Chen,EW;Chiu,AY
In order to identify early events in the differentiation of motor neurons, the expression of several developmentally regulated, neuronal molecules was investigated by immunohistochemistry on consecutive sections of cervical spinal cord. Motor neurons are among the first neurons to be born and to differentiate within the embryonic rat spinal cord. They undergo their terminal mitosis on embryonic days 10 and 11 (E10–11) and acquire detectable levels of the transmitter synthesizing enzyme, choline acetyltransferase, by E11. 5. Staining with antibodies to the 68 kD neurofilament protein revealed motor neurons extending processes out the ventral root as early as E10. 5. Monoclonal antibodies to two different epitopes on the cell adhesive molecule, NCAM, bound to myotomes on E10. 5, and began to recognize ventral horn neurons by E11. Two other markers of developing neurons, the growth-associated protein, GAP-43, and the surface glycoprotein, TAG-1, were clearly detected on young motor neurons by E11. 5. Thus, during the 36 hours following the final mitosis of their precursors, motor neurons acquire cytoskeletal, enzymatic, and cell surface components that distinguish them from other developing cells within the spinal cord.