Homeobox gene Pitx3 and its role in the development of dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 318, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-43

  Smidt, Marten P ^a   Smits, Simone M ^a   Burbach, J Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aphakia mouse mutant; Behavior; Embryonic development; Midbrain; Striatal connectivity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOPAMINE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

APHAKIA; BRAIN; CELL SURVIVAL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCLE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEURONS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 5444223350     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-004-0943-1     Document Type: Review

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