Esther T. Stoeckli

Screening for gene function in chicken embryo using RNAi and electroporation.

New tools for gene manipulation in chicken embryos.

Sonic hedgehog guides commissural axons along the longitudinal axis of the spinal cord.

Longitudinal axon guidance.

Expression patterns of plexins and neuropilins are consistent with cooperative and separate functions during neural development.

Plexin-B2, but not Plexin-B1, critically modulates neuronal migration and patterning of the developing nervous system in vivo.

Semaphorin6A acts as a gate keeper between the central and the peripheral nervous system.

Axonin-1/TAG-1 is required for pathfinding of granule cell axons in the developing cerebellum.

Temporal control of gene silencing by in ovo electroporation.

Tissue-specific RNA interference.

In ovo RNAi opens new possibilities for temporal and spatial control of gene silencing during development of the vertebrate nervous system.

Nectin-like molecules/SynCAMs are required for post-crossing commissural axon guidance.

Hereditary sensory neuropathy type 1 is caused by the accumulation of two neurotoxic sphingolipids.

Neuronal Nogo-A regulates neurite fasciculation, branching and extension in the developing nervous system.

Neural circuit formation in the cerebellum is controlled by cell adhesion molecules of the Contactin family.

Sonic hedgehog guides post-crossing commissural axons both directly and indirectly by regulating Wnt activity.

The transcription factors Nkx2.2 and Nkx2.9 play a novel role in floor plate development and commissural axon guidance.

Gene Silencing by Injection and Electroporation of dsRNA in Avian Embryos.

Versican V0 and V1 direct the growth of peripheral axons in the developing chick hindlimb.

Rostral growth of commissural axons requires the cell adhesion molecule MDGA2.

Evidence for a role of srGAP3 in the positioning of commissural axons within the ventrolateral funiculus of the mouse spinal cord.

Cell type specific, traceable gene silencing for functional gene analysis during vertebrate neural development.

A signaling mechanism coupling netrin-1/deleted in colorectal cancer chemoattraction to SNARE-mediated exocytosis in axonal growth cones.

Sonic Hedgehog regulates Wnt activity during neural circuit formation.

Production of dsRNA for RNAi in Avian Embryos.

Injection of dsRNA and Electroporation in Avian Embryos.

Dissection of Spinal Cords for Analysis of Axonal Pathfinding in dsRNA-Treated Avian Embryos.

Whole-Mount Preparations for Analysis of Axonal Pathfinding in dsRNA-Treated Avian Embryos.

Staining of Tissue Slices for Analysis of Axonal Pathfinding in dsRNA-Treated Avian Embryos.

What does the developing brain tell us about neural diseases?