The ascl1a and dlx genes have a regulatory role in the development of GABAergic interneurons in the zebrafish diencephalon

Developmental Biology

Volumn 381, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 276-285

  MacDonald, Ryan B ^a,c   Pollack, Jacob N ^a   Debiais Thibaud, Mélanie ^a,d   Heude, Eglantine ^a   Coffin Talbot, Jared ^b,e   Ekker, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascl1a; Diencephalon; Dlx; GABAergic interneuron; Gad1b; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

DLX5A PROTEIN; DLX6A PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCL1A GENE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DLX GENE; DLX1A GENE; DLX2A GENE; DLX5A GENE; DLX6A GENE; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; FOREBRAIN DEVELOPMENT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAD1B GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84881556185     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.05.025     Document Type: Article

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