Proliferating neuronal progenitors in the postnatal hippocampus transiently express the proneural gene Ngn2

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2591-2603

  Ozen, Ilknur ^a   Galichet, Christophe ^b   Watts, Colin ^a   Parras, Carlos ^c   Guillemot, François ^b   Raineteau, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Neurogenesis; Neurogenic niche; Proneural transcription factor; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BROXURIDINE; DOUBLECORTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROGENIN 2; POLYSIALIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTHOOD; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMATURITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEIZURE; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; SEIZURES; SIALIC ACIDS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 34249982037     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05541.x     Document Type: Article

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