Cux1 and Cux2 regulate dendritic branching, spine morphology, and synapses of the upper layer neurons of the cortex

Neuron

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 523-535

  Cubelos, Beatriz ^a,b   Sebastián Serrano, Alvaro ^a   Beccari, Leonardo ^c   Calcagnotto, Maria Elisa ^d   Cisneros, Elsa ^c   Kim, Seonhee ^e   Dopazo, Ana ^f   Alvarez Dolado, Manuel ^d   Redondo, Juan Miguel ^f   Bovolenta, Paola ^c   Walsh, Christopher A ^g   Nieto, Marta ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^d CABIMER Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine CSIC University of Seville UPO   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Devbio; Molneuro

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN CUX1; PROTEIN CUX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 77953251284     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.04.038     Document Type: Article

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