The role of Tal2 and Tal1 in the differentiation of midbrain GABAergic neuron precursors

Biology Open

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 990-997

  Achim, Kaia ^a   Peltopuro, Paula ^a   Lahti, Laura ^a   Tsai, Hui Hsin ^b   Zachariah, Alyssa ^b   Åstrand, Mia ^a   Salminen, Marjo ^a   Rowitch, David ^b   Partanen, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Dopaminergic neuron; GABAergic neuron; Gata; Hindbrain; Midbrain; Mouse; Neurogenesis; Rhombomere 1; Scl; Substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNpr); Tal; Transcription factor; Ventral tegmental area (VTA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979221753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20135041     Document Type: Article

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