The LIM homeodomain protein Lhx6 regulates maturation of interneurons and network excitability in the mammalian cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1811-1823

  Neves, Guilherme ^a   Shah, Mala M ^b   Liodis, Petros ^a   Achimastou, Angeliki ^a   Denaxa, Myrto ^a   Roalfe, Grant ^a   Sesay, Abdul ^a   Walker, Matthew C ^c   Pachnis, Vassilis ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cortical interneurons; Lhx6; LIM homeodomain protein

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; LIM PROTEIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PARVALBUMIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULTHOOD; ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LHX6 GENE; MALE; MAMMAL; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRATUM ORIENS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

CORTICAL INTERNEURONS; LHX6; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; INTERNEURONS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE NET; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84880220145     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs159     Document Type: Article

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