BMPs, FGF8 and Wnts regulate the differentiation of locus coeruleus noradrenergic neuronal precursors

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 343-352

  Holm, Pontus C ^a   Rodríguez, Francisco J ^a,c   Kele, Julianna ^a   Castelo Branco, Gonçalo ^a   Kitajewski, Jan ^b   Arenas, Ernest ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein; Fibroblast growth factor; Locus coeruleus; Noradrenergic neurons; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 5; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; MESSENGER RNA; NOGGIN; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LOCUS COERULEUS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 33748712016     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04039.x     Document Type: Article

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