Molecular regionalization of the neocortex is disrupted in Fgf8 hypomorphic mutants

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1903-1914

  Garel, Sonia ^a   Huffman, Kelly J ^a   Rubenstein, John L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fgf8; Neocortex; Regionalization; Thalamocortical axons; Topography

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; TOPOGRAPHY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; COUP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR I; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; NEOCORTEX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0038635952     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00416     Document Type: Review

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