Phenotype of V2-derived interneurons and their relationship to the axon guidance molecule EphA4 in the developing mouse spinal cord

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2989-3002

  Lundfald, Line ^a   Restrepo, C Ernesto ^a   Butt, Simon J B ^a,d   Peng, Chian Yu ^b   Droho, Steven ^b   Endo, Toshiaki ^a   Zeilhofer, Hanns Ulrich ^c   Sharma, Kamal ^b   Kiehn, Ole ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CPG; Mouse; Transcription factor; VGLUT2

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR A4; GLUTAMINE; PROTEIN CHX10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MITOSIS; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURONS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTOR, EPHA4; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 36248989583     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05906.x     Document Type: Article

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