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| Cavalcante,L.A.; Garcia-Abreu,J.; Mendes,F.A.; Moura Neto,V.; Silva,L.C.F.; Onofre,G.; Weissmüller,G.; Carvalho,S.L.. |
| Proteoglycans are abundant in the developing brain and there is much circumstantial evidence for their roles in directional neuronal movements such as cell body migration and axonal growth. We have developed an in vitro model of astrocyte cultures of the lateral and medial sectors of the embryonic mouse midbrain, that differ in their ability to support neuritic growth of young midbrain neurons, and we have searched for the role of interactive proteins and proteoglycans in this model. Neurite production in co-cultures reveals that, irrespective of the previous location of neurons in the midbrain, medial astrocytes exert an inhibitory or nonpermissive effect on neuritic growth that is correlated to a higher content of both heparan and chondroitin sulfates... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Astrocytes; Axonal growth; Chondroitin sulfate; Heparan sulfate; Midline; Midbrain. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2003000800005 |
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