Lhx3-Chx10 reticulospinal neurons in locomotor circuits

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 37, 2013, Pages 14681-14692

  Bretzner, Frédéric ^a,b,c   Brownstone, Robert M ^c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CHX10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SPIKE WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LOCOMOTION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; RETICULAR FORMATION; RHODAMINES; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84883716095     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5231-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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