Brn-4 is upregulated in the deafferented hippocampus and promotes neuronal differentiation of neural progenitors in vitro

Hippocampus

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-186

  Zhang, Xinhua ^a,b   Jin, Guohua ^a,c   Wang, Lei ^a   Hu, Wenzhong ^a   Tian, Meiling ^a   Qin, Jianbing ^a   Huang, Huiwei ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Brn 4; Dentate gyrus; Differentiation; Hippocampus; Neural progenitor

Indexed keywords

NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GRANULAR CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FORNIX, BRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 59949087499     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20498     Document Type: Article

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