Delayed neurogenesis leads to altered specification of ventrotemporal retinal ganglion cells in albino mice

Neural Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bhansali, Punita ^a,b   Rayport, Ilana ^a   Rebsam, Alexandra ^a,c   Mason, Carol ^a  

^a Department of Pathology and Cell Biology College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DU FER À MOULIN   (France)

Author keywords

Albino; Binocular visual pathway; Cell specification; Contralateral; Ipsilateral; Neurogenesis; Retinal ganglion cell; Zic2

Indexed keywords

5 ETHYNYL 2 DEOXYURIDINE; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 6; PANCREAS ISLET CELL ANTIBODY; THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSULIN GENE ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ISL 1; INSULIN GENE ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ISL-1; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZIC2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ALBINISM; ALBINO; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VENTROTEMPORAL REGION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA;

ANIMALS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROGENESIS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84903737603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-9-11     Document Type: Article

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