Brn-3a deficiency increases tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive neurons in the dorsal root ganglion

Brain Research

Volumn 1036, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 192-195

  Ichikawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Mo, Zeqian ^b   Xiang, Mengqing ^b   Sugimoto, Tomosada ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brn 3a; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Dorsal root ganglion; Immunohistochemistry; Knockout mouse; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINAL GANGLION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 13844298842     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.10.028     Document Type: Article

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