Article
Neurod1 regulates survival and formation of connections in mouse ear and brain.
Cell and tissue research - 1 Jul 2010
Jahan Israt, Kersigo Jennifer, Pan Ning, Fritzsch Bernd
Abstract excerpt
The developing sensory neurons of the mammalian ear require two sequentially activated bHLH genes, Neurog1 and Neurod1, for their development. Neurons never develop in Neurog1 null mice, and most neurons die in Neurod1 null mutants, a gene upregulated by Neurog1. The surviving neurons of Neurod1 null mice are incompletely characterized in postnatal mice because of the early lethality of mutants and the possible...
Topics
- Animals
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
- Brain
- Cell Survival
- Cochlea
- Ear, Inner
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Models, Biological
- Nerve Net
