Functional properties of motoneurons derived from mouse embryonic stem cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 36, 2004, Pages 7848-7858

  Miles, Gareth B ^a   Yohn, Damien C ^a   Wichterle, Hynek ^b   Jessell, Thomas M ^b   Rafuse, Victor F ^a,c   Brownstone, Robert M ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Development; Electrophysiology; Hb9; Neuromuscular junction; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CURARE DERIVATIVE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN HH AG1.3; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RETINOIC ACID; SODIUM CHANNEL; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN AGONIST; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; COCULTURE; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL TYPE IA; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; ENHANCED GREEN FLOUORESCENT PROTEIN GENE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FAST INACTIVATING SODIUM CHANNEL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HB9 GENE; HOMEOBOX; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VOLTAGE ACTIVATED ION CHANNEL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; ORGANOIDS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHRENIC NERVE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; TETRODOTOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 4544251998     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1972-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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