Murine embryonic stem cell-derived pyramidal neurons integrate into the cerebral cortex and appropriately project axons to subcortical targets

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 894-904

  Ideguchi, Makoto ^a,b   Palmer, Theo D ^a   Recht, Lawrence D ^a   Weimann, James M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NESTIN; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 1; 4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NERVE PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BRAIN CORTEX; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INDOLES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 75749093007     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4318-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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