Abnormal development of the locus coeruleus in Ear2(Nr2f6)-deficient mice impairs the functionality of the forebrain clock and affects nociception

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 614-625

  Warnecke, Marei ^a   Oster, Henrik ^a   Revelli, Jean Pierre ^b   Alvarez Bolado, Gonzalo ^a   Eichele, Gregor ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Ear2; Forebrain clock; Locus coeruleus; Nociception; Nuclear orphan receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NORADRENALIN; PROTEIN EAR2; PROTEIN PHOX2A; PROTEIN PHOX2B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GENE; HOT PLATE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MOUSE; MUTANT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PERIOD1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LOCUS COERULEUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

TRIXIS;

EID: 14644429090     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.317905     Document Type: Article

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