Analysis of Cerebellar Development in math1 Null Embryos and Chimeras

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2202-2211

  Jensen, Patricia ^a,b   Smeyne, Richard ^b   Goldowitz, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

EGL; Foliation; Granule cell; Migration; Purkinje cell; Rhombic lip

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CEREBELLUM; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE; GRANULE CELL; MALE; MATH1 GENE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CEREBELLUM; CHIMERA; GENES, REPORTER; GENOTYPE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; PURKINJE CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 1542347188     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3427-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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