Distinct requirements for Ascl1 in subpopulations of midbrain GABAergic neurons

Developmental Biology

Volumn 343, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 63-70

  Peltopuro, Paula ^a   Kala, Kaia ^a   Partanen, Juha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

BHLH transcription factor; GABAergic neuron; Neurogenesis; Proneural gene; SNpr; VTA

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE LOSS; GROWTH REGULATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETICULAR FORMATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

MUS;

EID: 77953721011     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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