Conditional, genetic disruption of ciliary neurotrophic factor receptors reveals a role in adult motor neuron survival

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2830-2837

  Lee, Nancy ^a   Robitz, Rachel ^a   Zurbrugg, Rebekah J ^a   Karpman, Adam M ^a   Mahler, Ashley M ^a   Cronier, Samantha A ^a   Vesey, Rachel ^a   Spearry, Rachel P ^a   Zolotukhin, Sergei ^b   MacLennan, A John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adeno associated virus; CNTF receptor ; Cre recombinase; Mouse

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA; CRE RECOMBINASE; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE DISRUPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPENDOVIRUS; DOWN-REGULATION; FACIAL NERVE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VECTORS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR NEURONS; RECEPTOR, CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 45149123920     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06298.x     Document Type: Article

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