Epibranchial placode-derived neurons produce BDNF required for early sensory neuron development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 309-323

  Harlow, Danielle E ^a,b   Yang, Hui ^a   Williams, Trevor ^a   Barlow, Linda A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cranial ganglia; Cre recombinase; Fate mapping; Gustatory; Maturation; Mouse; Neural crest; Neuron; Placode; ROSA reporter line

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FACIAL NERVE; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GANGLIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR, TRKB; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TASTE BUDS; TONGUE;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78751478650     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22527     Document Type: Article

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