Retinoic Acid Signaling in the Brain Marks Formation of Optic Projections, Maturation of the Dorsal Telencephalon, and Function of Limbic Sites

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 470, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-316

  Luo, Tuanlian ^a,b,c   Wagner, Elisabeth ^a,b,c   Grün, Felix ^d   Dräger, Ursula C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterior thalamus; Cingulate cortex; Hippocampus; Neuromeric patterning; Visual coordinates

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; TELENCEPHALON; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELENCEPHALON; TRETINOIN; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0742322805     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20013     Document Type: Article

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