Dependence on the transcription factor Shox2 for specification of sensory neurons conveying discriminative touch

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1529-1541

  Abdo, Hind ^a   Li, Lili ^a   Lallemend, Francois ^a   Bachy, Isabelle ^a,d   Xu, Xiao Jun ^a   Rice, Frank L ^b,c   Ernfors, Patrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Integrated Tissue Dynamics LLC   (United States)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

DRG; Low threshold mechanoreceptors; Neurotrophins

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN RET; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SHOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GLABROUS SKIN; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEISSNER CORPUSCLE; MERKEL CELL; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 3 SUBUNIT; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MERKEL CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NOCICEPTORS; PACINIAN CORPUSCLES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RECEPTOR, TRKC; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 81855206308     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07883.x     Document Type: Article

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