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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5940
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-31
pubmed:abstractText
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 determined by graded positional cues that are expressed by the target. Here, we analyzed the pre-target axon sorting for olfactory map formation in mice. In olfactory sensory neurons, an axon guidance receptor, Neuropilin-1, and its repulsive ligand, Semaphorin-3A, are expressed in a complementary manner. We found that expression levels of Neuropilin-1 determined both pre-target sorting and projection sites of axons. Olfactory sensory neuron-specific knockout of Semaphorin-3A perturbed axon sorting and altered the olfactory map topography. Thus, pre-target axon sorting plays an important role in establishing the topographic order based on the relative levels of guidance molecules expressed by axons.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
325
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
585-90
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Axons, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Cell Communication, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Cues, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Cyclic AMP, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Neuroglia, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Neuropilin-1, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Olfactory Bulb, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Olfactory Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Olfactory Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Olfactory Receptor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Receptors, Odorant, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Semaphorin-3A, pubmed-meshheading:19589963-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Pre-target axon sorting establishes the neural map topography.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't