Zic1 levels regulate mossy fiber neuron position and axon laterality choice in the ventral brain stem

Neuroscience

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 560-573

  DiPietrantonio, H J ^a   Dymecki, S M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebellum; mouse; pontocerebellar circuitry; precerebellar mossy fiber afferents; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZIC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; PONS; PREGNANCY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 67650671412     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.02.082     Document Type: Article

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