Brn3a and Nurr1 mediate a gene regulatory pathway for habenula development

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 45, 2009, Pages 14309-14322

  Quina, Lely A ^a   Wang, Shirong ^a   Ng, Lydia ^c   Turner, Eric E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; GENE CONTROL; HABENULA; INNERVATION; INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; MAMMAL; MESENCEPHALON; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROPORATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HABENULA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 4, GROUP A, MEMBER 2; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A;

EID: 70449671180     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2430-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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