Neurogenin3 restricts serotonergic neuron differentiation to the hindbrain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 46, 2014, Pages 15223-15233

  Carcagno, Abel L ^a   Di Bella, Daniela J ^a   Goulding, Martyn ^b   Guillemot, Francois ^c   Lanuza, Guillermo M ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hindbrain; Neural tube; Neuronal specification; Serotonergic system; Spinal cord; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; NEUROGENIN 3; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LMX1B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PET1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIM1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UNCX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; ASCL1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HES5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROG3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL P3 PROGENITOR; VISUAL AREA V3; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERNEURON; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERNEURONS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84909954134     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3403-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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