Ontogeny of substantia nigra dopamine neurons

Journal of Neural Transmission, Supplementa

Volumn , Issue 73, 2009, Pages 3-18

  Orme, R ^a   Fricker Gates, R A ^a   Gates, M A ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dopamine neurons; Ontogeny; Parkinson's disease; Proteomics; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 3; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; HOMEODOMAIN INTERACTING PROTEIN KINASE 2; LEVODOPA; NEUROGENIN 2; NEUROMODULIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1; RECOMBINANT TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; RECOMBINANT TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LMX 1A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LMX 1B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN; DOPAMINE;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENGRAILED 1 GENE; ENGRAILED 2 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; NEURONS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77952297527     PISSN: 03036995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-92660-4_1     Document Type: Review

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