Transcription factors define the neuroanatomical organization of the medullary reticular formation

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Gray, Paul A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Development; Fate mapping; Hindbrain; Reticular formation; Rhombomere; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOH1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DBX1 GENE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LMX1B GENE; MEDULLARY RETICULAR FORMATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PTF1A GENE; REPORTER GENE; RETICULAR FORMATION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 84876764612     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2013.00007     Document Type: Article

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