Adhesion molecule Amigo2 is involved in the fasciculation process of the fasciculus retroflexus

[Background] The fasciculus retroflexus is the prominent efferent pathway from the habenular complex. Medial habenular axons form a core packet whereas lateral habenular axons course in a surrounding shell. Both groups of fibers share the same initial pathway but differ in the final segment of the t...

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Autores: Company, Verónica, Murcia-Ramón, Raquel, Andreu-Cervera, Abraham, Aracil-Pastor, Paula, Almagro-García, Francisca, Martínez, Salvador, Echevarría, Diego, Puelles, Eduardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/306664
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/306664
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fasciculation
Fasciculus retroflexus
Amigo2
Lateral habenula
Medial habenula
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Sumario:[Background] The fasciculus retroflexus is the prominent efferent pathway from the habenular complex. Medial habenular axons form a core packet whereas lateral habenular axons course in a surrounding shell. Both groups of fibers share the same initial pathway but differ in the final segment of the tract, supposedly regulated by surface molecules. The gene Amigo2 codes for a membrane adhesion molecule with an immunoglobulin-like domain 2 and is selectively expressed in the medial habenula. We present it as a candidate for controlling the fasciculation behavior of medial habenula axons.