Ascl1 (Mash1) defines cells with long-term neurogenic potential in subgranular and subventricular zones in adult mouse brain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kim, Euiseok J ^a   Ables, Jessica L ^b   Dickel, Lauren K ^a   Eisch, Amelia J ^b   Johnson, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; ASCL1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENTATE GYRUS; MICE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 79953655254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018472     Document Type: Article

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