Abstract
The relationship between the appearance of Islet-1-expressing cells and the longitudinal growth of primary afferent axons (PAAs) in the dorsal spinal cord of chick embryos was examined. Islet-1-expressing cells first appeared in the dorsal spinal cord at embryonic days (E) 3-3.5. These immunoreactive cells were aligned in a longitudinal column in close proximity to longitudinally elongating PAAs in the presumptive dorsal funiculus. By E8, when many PAAs invade the spinal gray matter, Islet-1-expressing cells had disappeared in the dorsal spinal cord. Following the dorsoventral rotation of the spinal cord in ovo before the invasion of PAAs, a close topographical relationship between Islet-1-expressing cells and PAAs was maintained. These results suggest that Islet-1-expressing cells may play a role in the longitudinal growth of PAAs in the dorsal funiculus.
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