Projections and interconnections of genetically defined serotonin neurons in mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-96

  Bang, Sun Jung ^a,b   Jensen, Patricia ^c   Dymecki, Susan M ^b   Commons, Kathryn G ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal raphe; Feedback inhibition; Median raphe; Rhombomere; Serotonin; Serotonin1A receptor

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC FATE MAPPING; GENETIC LINE; INNERVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS;

EID: 84855294084     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07936.x     Document Type: Article

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