Lhx6 regulates the migration of cortical interneurons from the ventral telencephalon but does not specify their GABA phenotype

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5643-5648

  Alifragis, Pavlos ^a   Liapi, Anastasia ^a   Parnavelas, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; GABA; Interneurons; Migration; RNA interference; RNAi; Rodent

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ENZYME; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LIM PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE SILENCING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MICE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 3042591235     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1245-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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