Cell intrinsic mechanisms regulate mouse cerebellar granule neuron differentiation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-84

  Lin, Xi ^a   Bulleit, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Development; Differentiation; Gene expression; Granule neurons; Mouse; Trophic factors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SOMATOMEDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBELLUM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MICE; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030582727     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13214-6     Document Type: Article

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