Genetic methods to identify and manipulate newly born neurons in the adult brain

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Imayoshi, Itaru ^a,b   Sakamoto, Masayuki ^a,b   Kageyama, Ryoichiro ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Cre loxP; CreERT2; Nestin; Neural stem cells; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; ESTRADIOL; GANCICLOVIR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NESTIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BAX; TAMOXIFEN; TAU PROTEIN; TETANUS TOXIN; TETRACYCLINE; THYMIDINE KINASE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITION; CYTOPLASM; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SUBGRANULAR ZONE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

EID: 80052401054     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2011.00064     Document Type: Review

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