Lmx1b-controlled isthmic organizer is essential for development of midbrain dopaminergic neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 52, 2008, Pages 14097-14106

  Guo, Chao ^a   Qiu, Hai Yan ^a,b   Shi, Ming ^a   Huang, Ying ^a   Johnson, Randy L ^c   Rubinstein, Marcelo ^d   Chen, Sheng Di ^b   Ding, Yu Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Development; Isthmic organizer; Lmx1b; Midbrain dopaminergic neurons; Substantia nigra; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LMX1B; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; TECTUM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY PATTERNING; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; WNT1 PROTEIN;

EID: 58149385607     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3267-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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