Deletion of the Ttf1 gene in differentiated neurons disrupts female reproduction without impairing basal ganglia function

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 51, 2006, Pages 13167-13179

  Mastronardi, Claudio ^a,e   Smiley, Gregory G ^a   Raber, Jacob ^a,b   Kusakabe, Takashi ^c,f   Kawaguchi, Akio ^c,g   Matagne, Valerie ^a   Dietzel, Anja ^d   Heger, Sabine ^d,h   Mungenast, Alison E ^a,i   Cabrera, Ricardo ^a,j   Kimura, Shioko ^c   Ojeda, Sergio R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^h Children's Hospital Auf der Bult   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

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Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Conditional gene deletion; Female puberty; Homeobox genes; Hypothalamus; TTF1

Indexed keywords

THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33845766947     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4238-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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