The medial ganglionic eminence gives rise to a population of early neurons in the developing cerebral cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 7881-7888

  Lavdas, Alexandros A ^a   Grigoriou, Maria ^b   Pachnis, Vassilis ^b   Parnavelas, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cajal Retzius cells; Intermediate zone; Lhx6 expression; Medial ganglionic eminence; Neocortex; Neuronal migration; Subplate

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; REELIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEUROPIL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033568857     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-18-07881.1999     Document Type: Article

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