Spatial and temporal requirements for huntingtin (Htt) in neuronal migration and survival during brain development

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 41, 2011, Pages 14794-14799

  Tong, Yiai ^a   Ha, Thomas J ^b   Liu, Li ^c   Nishimoto, Andrew ^c   Reiner, Anton ^c   Goldowitz, Dan ^b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUNTINGTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CASP9 GENE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; HTT GENE; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054013637     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2774-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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