Expression of the diabetes-associated gene TCF7L2 in adult mouse brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 517, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 925-939

  Lee, Syann ^a   Lee, Charlotte E ^a   Elias, Carol F ^a   Elmquist, Joel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; TCF 4; WNT

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BRAIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MELANINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PITUITARY HORMONES; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1; RNA, MESSENGER; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 70449490249     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22199     Document Type: Article

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