The integrity of cholinergic basal forebrain neurons depends on expression of Nkx2-1

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1767-1782

  Magno, Lorenza ^a,g   Kretz, Oliver ^b   Bert, Bettina ^c   Ersözlü, Sara ^a   Vogt, Johannes ^d   Fink, Heidrun ^c   Kimura, Shioko ^e   Vogt, Angelika ^d   Monyer, Hannah ^d   Nitsch, Robert ^f   Naumann, Thomas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; Choreoathetosis; Human; Mouse; Parvalbumin

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRANSGENE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PARVALBUMINS; PROSENCEPHALON; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455199071     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07890.x     Document Type: Article

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