Morphological organization of somatosensory cortex in Otx1-/- mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 657-667

  Cipelletti, B ^a   Avanzini, G ^a   Vitellaro Zuccarello, L ^b   Franceschetti, S ^a   Sancini, G ^a   Lavazza, T ^a   Acampora, D ^c,d   Simeone, A ^c,d   Spreafico, R ^a   Frassoni, C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica Generali   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; GABA; Homeobox; Immunocytochemistry; Neocortex

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; CARRIER PROTEIN; GABA TRANSPORTER 1; GABA TRANSPORTER 3; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PARVALBUMIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EPILEPSY; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PARVALBUMINS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037049258     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00531-6     Document Type: Article

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