Differential expression of trkC mRNA in the chicken embryo from gastrulation to development of secondary brain vesicles

Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 1999 Sep 6;116(2):205-9. doi: 10.1016/s0165-3806(99)00082-6.

Abstract

In situ hybridization revealed that mRNA for the neurotrophin receptor trkC first appears in the chicken embryo at stage 4 anterior to Hensen's node. At stages 6 and 8, trkC mRNA was restricted to the neural plate. By stage 11, trkC mRNA was absent from much of the prosencephalon, the entire mesencephalon and rhombomeres 1 and 4. At stage 15, trkC mRNA expression was limited to rhombomeres 3 and 5, and, by stage 18, there was no apparent expression of trkC mRNA in the hindbrain.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / metabolism*
  • Brain / ultrastructure
  • Chick Embryo / growth & development
  • Chick Embryo / metabolism*
  • Gastrula / metabolism*
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • RNA, Messenger / biosynthesis*
  • Receptor, trkC / genetics*
  • Synaptic Vesicles / metabolism*

Substances

  • RNA, Messenger
  • Receptor, trkC