Graded and areal expression patterns of regulatory genes and cadherins in embryonic neocortex independent of thalamocortical input

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 10877-10885

  Nakagawa, Yasushi ^a   Johnson, Jane E ^b   O'Leary, Dennis D M ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Area specification; Cadherins; Cerebral cortex; Emx1; Lhx2; SCIP; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0033573372     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-24-10877.1999     Document Type: Article

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