Th early topography of thalamocortical projections is shifted in Ebf1 and Dlx/2 mutant mice

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 5621-5634

  Garel, Sonia ^a   Yun, Kyuson ^a   Grosschedl, Rudolf ^b   Rubenstein, John L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Dlx; Ebf1; Internal capsule; Mouse; Neocortex; Thalamocortical axons; Topograpnhy

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELF 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DISTAL LESS HOMEOBOX PROTEINS; DISTAL-LESS HOMEOBOX PROTEINS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EBF1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAMMAL; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TOPOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS; TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMOZYGOTE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036882277     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00166     Document Type: Article

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