A selective group of dopaminergic neurons express Nurr1 in the adult mouse brain

Brain Research

Volumn 851, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 125-132

  Bäckman, Cristina ^a   Perlmann, Thomas ^b   Wallén, Åsa ^b   Hoffer, Barry J ^a   Morales, Marisela ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain; Distribution; Dopamine; Nurr1; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DIENCEPHALON; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOPAMINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0342470567     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02149-6     Document Type: Article

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