Molecular anatomy of the thalamic complex and the underlying transcription factors

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 221, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2493-2510

  Nagalski, Andrzej ^a,b   Puelles, Luis ^c   Dabrowski, Michal ^d   Wegierski, Tomasz ^a   Kuznicki, Jacek ^a   Wisniewska, Marta B ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^d NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brain anatomy; Genoarchitecture; TCF7L2; Thalamus; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ESRRG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GBX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESRRG PROTEIN, HUMAN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; EYE PROTEIN; GBX2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; POU4F1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROSPERO-RELATED HOMEOBOX 1 PROTEIN; SINE OCULIS HOMEOBOX HOMOLOG 3 PROTEIN; TCF7L2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUBTHALAMUS; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BOOK; CHEMICAL DATABASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ATLASES AS TOPIC; DATABASES, CHEMICAL; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7-LIKE 2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84929224993     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-015-1052-5     Document Type: Article

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