Lmx1b is required for maintenance of central serotonergic neurons and mice lacking central serotonergic system exhibit normal locomotor activity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 49, 2006, Pages 12781-12788

  Zhao, Zhong Qiu ^a   Scott, Michael ^b   Chiechio, Santina ^a   Wang, Jin Shan ^a   Renner, Kenneth J ^d   Gereau IV, Robert W ^a   Johnson, Randy L ^c   Deneris, Evan S ^b   Chen, Zhou Feng ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Differentiation; Lmx1b; Locomotor activity; Serotonergic neurons; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

LIM PROTEIN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA 12 ETS FACTOR 1; PROTEIN LIM HOMEOBOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1 BETA; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; SEROTONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33845423914     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4143-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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