Astroglial cells in the external granular layer are precursors of cerebellar granule neurons in neonates

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 362-373

  Silbereis, John ^a   Heintz, Tristan ^b   Taylor, Mary Morgan ^b   Ganat, Yosif ^a   Ment, Laura R ^b   Bordey, Angelique ^b   Vaccarino, Flora ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Bergmann glial cells; Cerebellum; External granule cell layer; GABA interneurons; GFAP; Granule cells; Math1; Neural stem cells

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CRE RECOMBINASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MUSASHI 1; REELIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; ATOH1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTEGRASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLAR GRANULE CELL PRECURSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GRANULE CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINEAGE; CEREBELLUM; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL LINEAGE; CEREBELLUM; GENES, REPORTER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 77953962718     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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