Role of Nurr1 and Ret in inducing rat embryonic neural precursors to dopaminergic neurons

Neurological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 534-540

  Li, Liang ^a   Su, Yujin ^a   Zhao, Chunli ^a   Xu, Qunyuan ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dopaminergic neuron; Neural precursor; Nurr1; Ret; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1; PROTEIN RET; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOPAMINE; GENETIC VECTORS; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 67650172549     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313209X380810     Document Type: Article

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