Differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells into a defined neuronal lineage

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1003-1009

  Bibel, Miriam ^a,c   Richter, Jens ^a,c   Schrenk, Katrin ^a,c   Tucker, Kerry Lee ^a,d   Staiger, Volker ^b   Korte, Martin ^b   Goetz, Magdalena ^b,e   Barde, Yves Alain ^a,f  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GLIA CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMBRYO; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EYE PROTEINS; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDOLES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEUROGRANIN; NEURONS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; QUINOXALINES; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS; TRETINOIN; TUBULIN; VALINE;

EID: 4344601961     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1301     Document Type: Article

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