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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-13
pubmed:abstractText
Association and relay neurons that are generated in the dorsal spinal cord play essential roles in transducing somatosensory information. During development, these two major neuronal classes are delineated by the expression of the homeodomain transcription factor Lbx1. Lbx1 is expressed in and required for the correct specification of three early dorsal interneuron populations and late-born neurons that form the substantia gelatinosa. In mice lacking Lbx1, cells types that arise in the ventral alar plate acquire more dorsal identities. This results in the loss of dorsal horn association interneurons, excess production of commissural neurons, and disrupted sensory afferent innervation of the dorsal horn. Lbx1, therefore, plays a critical role in the development of sensory pathways in the spinal cord that relay pain and touch.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0896-6273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
535-49
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Afferent Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Axons, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Body Patterning, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Cell Lineage, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Interneurons, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Muscle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Nerve Fibers, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Nerve Fibers, Myelinated, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Neural Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Nociceptors, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Posterior Horn Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Receptor, trkA, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Substantia Gelatinosa, pubmed-meshheading:12062038-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Lbx1 specifies somatosensory association interneurons in the dorsal spinal cord.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, The Salk Institute, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.