Endogenous gradients of resting potential instructively pattern embryonic neural tissue via notch signaling and regulation of proliferation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4366-4385

  Pai, Vaibhav P ^a   Lemire, Joan M ^a   Paré, Jean François ^a   Lin, Gufa ^b   Chen, Ying ^b   Levin, Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectricity; Brain morphogenesis; Long range; Proliferation; Resting potential

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HB4; SEROTONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE; ION CHANNEL; NERVE PROTEIN; NOTCH PROTEIN, XENOPUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; AGE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CALCIUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROINJECTIONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL TUBE; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84924503287     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1877-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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