Molecular genetics of mouse serotonin neurons across the lifespan

Neuroscience

Volumn 197, Issue , 2011, Pages 17-27

  Deneris, E S ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pet 1; Raphe; Serotonin; Transcription; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CLOZAPINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PET 1 PROTEIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BREATHING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MATURATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; EMOTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LIFESPAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PET 1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENITOR FATE MAPPING; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; THERMOREGULATION; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENICS; WHOLE CELL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECORDING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; SEROTONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 82855161336     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.08.061     Document Type: Review

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