Specification of somatosensory area identity in cortical explants

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4889-4898

  Gitton, Yorick ^a   Cohen Tannoudji, Michel ^a   Wassef, Marion ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cortical area specification; Cortical layer IV neurons; Explant culture; H 2Z1 transgene; Mouse somatosensory cortex; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CALRETININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN GRAFT; BRAIN REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0033564777     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-12-04889.1999     Document Type: Article

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