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Transcriptional mechanisms controlling motor neuron diversity and connectivity

Dalla Torre di Sanguinetto, S. A. and Dasen, J. S. and Arber, S.. (2008) Transcriptional mechanisms controlling motor neuron diversity and connectivity. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Vol. 18, H. 1. pp. 36-43.

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Abstract

The control of movement relies on the precision with which motor circuits are assembled during development. Spinal motor neurons (MNs) provide the trigger to signal the appropriate sequence of muscle contractions and initiate movement. This task is accommodated by the diversification of MNs into discrete subpopulations, each of which acquires precise axonal trajectories and central connectivity patterns. An upstream Hox factor-based regulatory network in MNs defines their competence to deploy downstream programs including the expression of Nkx and ETS transcription factors. These interactive transcriptional programs coordinate MN differentiation and connectivity, defining a sophisticated roadmap of motor circuit assembly in the spinal cord. Similar principles using modular interaction of transcriptional programs to control neuronal diversification and circuit connectivity are likely to act in other CNS circuits.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Neurobiology > Cell Biology (Arber)
UniBasel Contributors:Arber, Silvia
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
ISSN:0959-4388
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Last Modified:22 Mar 2012 14:20
Deposited On:22 Mar 2012 13:21

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