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Kate Kalil
Professor


Degree(s): 1962
1964
1973
AB
MA
PhD
English Literature
English Literature
Neuroanatomy
Bryn Mawr College
Brown University
Massachusettes Institute of Technology
Address: 255 Bardeen
Telephone: (608)262-8902
E-mail: kakalil@macc.wisc.edu
Research Interests

Changes in growth cone morphology and behaviors in response to cell surface cues studied with high resolution video microscopy.

Grants

NIH/"Developmental studies on the motor system"
1994 Direct Costs: $150,389
Project Duration: 4/1/78-3/31/95
Publications in 1994

Halloran, M.C., and K. Kalil. 1994.
Dynamic behaviors of growth cones extending in the corpus callosum of living cortical brain slices observed with video microscopy. J. Neuroscience 14:2161-2178.

Kuang, R.Z., and K. Kalil. 1994.
Development of specificity in corticospinal connections by axon collaterals branching selectively into appropriate spinal targets. J. Comp. Neur. 344:270-283.

Kuang, R.Z., M. Merline and K. Kalil. 1994.
Topographic specificity of corticospinal connections formed in explant coculture. Development 120:1937-1947.


Last update: July 15, 1996