GABAergic and glutamatergic identities of developing midbrain Pitx2 neurons

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-346

  Waite, M R ^a   Skidmore, J M ^b   Billi, A C ^b   Martin, J F ^c   Martin, D M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Nucleogenesis; Red nucleus; Superior colliculus; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78751499675     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22532     Document Type: Article

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