Embryonic development and survival of brachial motoneurons projecting to muscleless chick wings

A series of normal stages in the development of the chick embryo

1951 • 12,226 citations

Estimation of nuclear population from microtome sections

1946 • 4,378 citations

Trophic factors and neuronal survival

1989 • 1,631 citations

Identification and characterization of a novel member of the nerve growth factor/brain-derived neurotrophic factor family

1990 • 1,140 citations

Cell death in the development of the lateral motor column of the chick embryo

1975 • 658 citations

The retrograde axonal transport of nerve growth factor

1974 • 598 citations

Control of Embryonic Motoneuron Survival in Vivo by Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor

1991 • 448 citations

Reduction of the naturally occurring motor neuron loss by enlargement of the periphery

1976 • 425 citations

The development of motor projection patterns in the chick hind limb.

1978 • 419 citations

The effects of wing bud extirpation on the development of the central nervous system in chick embryos

1934 • 389 citations

Naturally Occurring Neuronal Death in Vertebrates

1990 • 389 citations

Limb Development and Regeneration

1987 • 357 citations

Regression versus peripheral control of differentiation in motor hypoplasia

1958 • 350 citations

An autoradiographic study of the formation of the lateral motor column in the chick embryo

1977 • 290 citations

Demonstration of the retrograde transport of nerve growth factor receptor in the peripheral and central nervous system

1987 • 268 citations

Reduction of Naturally Occurring Motoneuron Death in Vivo by a Target-Derived Neurotrophic Factor

1988 • 213 citations

Cell death of motoneurons in the chick embryo spinal cord. III. The differentiation of motoneurons prior to their induced degeneration following limb‐bud removal

1978 • 200 citations

Cell death of motoneurons in the chick embryo spinal cord. II. A quantitative and qualitative analysis of degenerationin the ventral root, including evidence for axon outgrowth and limb innervation prior to cell death

1978 • 154 citations

Motoneurons purified by cell sorting respond to two distinct activities in myotube-conditioned medium

1984 • 133 citations

The effect of the destruction of peripheral areas on the differentiation of the neuroblasts

1909 • 118 citations

Isolation of embryonic chick motoneurons and their survival in vitro

1986 • 107 citations

Brachial muscles in the chick embryo: the fate of individual somites

1983 • 89 citations

Selective effects of skeletal muscle extract fractions on motoneuron development in vitro

1986 • 87 citations

Rescue of motoneurons from cell death by a purified skeletal muscle polypeptide: Effects of the ChAT development factor, CDF

1990 • 83 citations

Neuronal cell death in the brachial spinal cord of the chick is unrelated to the loss of polyneuronal innervation in wing muscle

1978 • 76 citations

Thigh and calf discrimination in the motor innervation of the chick hindlimb following deletions of limb segments

1983 • 58 citations

Motoneuron death in the embryo.

1984 • 58 citations

A monoclonal antibody specific for avian early myogenic cells and differentiated muscle

1987 • 57 citations

Axon guidance in muscleless chick wings: the role of muscle cells in motoneuronal pathway selection and muscle nerve formation

1990 • 55 citations

Timing of motoneuron death in the brachial and lumbar regions of the chick embryo

1982 • 50 citations

Development of the lateral motor column in the limbless mutant chick embryo

1984 • 44 citations

Development of the brachial lateral motor column in the wingless mutant chick embryo: Motoneuron survival under varying degrees of peripheral load

1987 • 29 citations

Survival of motoneurons in the brachial lateral motor column of limbless mutant chick embryos depends on the periphery

1986 • 20 citations