title: Guidance of circumferentially growing axons by the floor plate in the vertebrate central nervous system.
abstract: We describe the recent progress of studies on the mechanisms of early neural patterning, focusing on the guidance of circumferentially migrating axons in the vertebrate brain. We also refer to the underlying molecular mechanisms revealed by recent studies.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neuroscience, Division of Biophysical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Machikaneyama 1-3, Toyonaka, Osaka 560, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shirasaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000166:cytology* / Q000196:embryology*; D002630:Chemotactic Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D002630:Chemotactic Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins