Distinct populations of GABAergic neurons in mouse rhombomere 1 express but do not require the homeodomain transcription factor PITX2

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-43

  Waite, Mindy R ^a   Skaggs, Kaia ^b   Kaviany, Parisa ^b   Skidmore, Jennifer M ^b   Causeret, Frédéric ^c   Martin, James F ^d   Martin, Donna M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Hindbrain; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; RHOMBOMERE 1; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBELLUM; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEURONS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84155163003     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: 10959327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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