Lhx1 and Lhx5 maintain the inhibitory-neurotransmitter status of interneurons in the dorsal spinal cord

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 357-366

  Pillai, Andrea ^a,e   Mansouri, Ahmed ^b   Behringer, Richard ^c   Westphal, Heiner ^d   Goulding, Martyn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhibitory neurons; Lhx1; Lhx5; Mouse; Pax2; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CELL PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN GAD1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; INTERNEURON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURONS; ISOENZYMES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PREGNANCY; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

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EID: 33846976179     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02717     Document Type: Article

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