Gene expression changes in the septum: Possible implications for microRNAs in sculpting the maternal brain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Zhao, Changjiu ^a   Saul, Michael C ^a   Driessen, Terri ^a   Gammie, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; FABP7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; GALANIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR TYPE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FABP7 GENE; FEMALE; GAL GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SET ENRICHMENT ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GLUL GENE; IGFBP3 GENE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PUERPERIUM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SSTR1 GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GALANIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; MICE; MICRORNAS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, SOMATOSTATIN; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84862005230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038602     Document Type: Article

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