Differential expression of the homeobox gene Pitx3 in midbrain dopaminergic neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1287-1293

  Korotkova, Tatiana M ^a   Ponomarenko, Alexei A ^a   Haas, Helmut L ^a   Sergeeva, Olga A ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neurodegeneration; Parkinson's disease; Real time; Single cell RT PCR; VTA

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PITX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; DOPAMINE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 26644431572     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04327.x     Document Type: Article

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