GABAergic neuron specification in the spinal cord, the cerebellum, and the cochlear nucleus

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Abstract

In the nervous system, there are a wide variety of neuronal cell types that have morphologically, physiologically, and histochemically different characteristics. These various types of neurons can be classified into two groups: excitatory and inhibitory neurons. The elaborate balance of the activities of the two types is very important to elicit higher brain function, because its imbalance may cause neurological disorDers, such as epilepsy and hyperalgesia. In the central nervous system, inhibitory neurons are mainly represented by GABAergic ones with some exceptions such as glycinergic. Although the machinery to specify GABAergic neurons was first studied in the telencephalon, iDentification of key molecules, such as pancreatic transcription factor 1a (Ptf1a), as well as recently Developed genetic lineage-tracing methods led to the better unDerstanding of GABAergic specification in other brain regions, such as the spinal cord, the cerebellum, and the cochlear nucleus. © Copyright 2012 Kei Hori and Mikio Hoshino.

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Hori, K., & Hoshino, M. (2012). GABAergic neuron specification in the spinal cord, the cerebellum, and the cochlear nucleus. Neural Plasticity. Hindawi Publishing Corporation. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/921732

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