Lack of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2/Flk1 signaling does not affect substantia nigra development

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 553, Issue , 2013, Pages 142-147

  Hermann, Andreas ^a,b   Loewenbrück, Kai F ^a,b   Boldt, Änne ^a   Fiedler, Christiane ^a   Maisel, Martina ^a,b   Kalucka, Joanna ^a   Schwarz, Johannes ^c,d   Breier, Georg ^a,b   Storch, Alexander ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flk1 signaling; HIF1 signaling; Hypoxia; Midbrain neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WILD TYPE;

FLK1 SIGNALING; HIF1Α SIGNALING; HYPOXIA; MIDBRAIN NEUROGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 84884371783     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.08.031     Document Type: Article

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