Atoh1-dependent rhombic lip neurons are required for temporal delay between independent respiratory oscillators in embryonic mice

eLife

Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Tupal, Srinivasan ^a,d   Huang, Wei Hsiang ^b,e   Picardo, Maria Cristina D ^c   Ling, Guang Yi ^a   Del Negro, Christopher A ^c   Zoghbi, Huda Y ^b   Gray, Paul A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATONAL HOMOLOG 1; DEVELOPING BRAIN HOMEOBOX 1; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATOH1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DBX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY BURST; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESPIRATORY OSCILLATOR; RHOMBIC LIP NEURON; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; LIP; PHYSIOLOGY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIP; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84900802067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.02265     Document Type: Article

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