The LIM-homeobox gene Islet-1 is required for the development of restricted forebrain cholinergic neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3291-3297

  Elshatory, Yasser ^a   Gan, Lin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Box 645 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Basalis; Cholinergic neuron; Differentiation; Forebrain; Striatum; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

LIM PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; GENE FUNCTION; HOMEOBOX; INNERVATION; INTERNEURON; ISLET 1 GENE; LEARNING; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SIX3 CRE TRANSGENE; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSGENE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOPAMINE AND CAMP-REGULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN 32; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EYE PROTEINS; GALACTOSIDES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INDOLES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; RECEPTOR, TRKA;

EID: 41549099796     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5730-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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