Otx2 controls neuron subtype identity in ventral tegmental area and antagonizes vulnerability to MPTP

Meis2 competes with the Groucho co-repressor Tle4 for binding to Otx2 and specifies tectal fate without induction of a secondary midbrain-hindbrain boundary organizer

(2009) Z. Agoston et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Otx2 expression is restricted to dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area in the adult brain

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Nurr1 Is Required for Maintenance of Maturing and Adult Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

(2009) B. Kadkhodaei et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Selective inactivation of Otx2 mRNA isoforms reveals isoform-specific requirement for visceral endoderm anteriorization and head morphogenesis and highlights cell diversity in the visceral endoderm

(2009) Dario Acampora et al.   MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

Dopamine transporter glycosylation correlates with the vulnerability of midbrain dopaminergic cells in Parkinson's disease

(2009) Domingo Afonso-Oramas et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Anterior-posterior graded response to Otx2 controls proliferation and differentiation of dopaminergic progenitors in the ventral mesencephalon

(2008) D. Omodei et al.   DEVELOPMENT