Directed differentiation of forebrain GABA interneurons from human pluripotent stem cells

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1670-1679

  Liu, Yan ^a   Liu, Huisheng ^a   Sauvey, Conall ^a   Yao, Lin ^a   Zarnowska, Ewa D ^b   Zhang, Su Chun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; PURMORPHAMINE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC INTERNEURON; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNEURON; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; PATHOGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENICS;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; INTERNEURONS; NEUROEPITHELIAL CELLS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROSENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84883387241     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.106     Document Type: Article

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