Identification and Morphogenesis of the Eminentia Thalami in the Zebrafish

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 471, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-48

  Wullimann, Mario F ^a   Mueller, Thomas ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Mash1; NeuroD; Neurogenin; Nucleus entopeduncularis; Pax6; Zash

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HU PROTEIN; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROGENIN 1; PROTEIN ZASH1A; PROTEIN ZASH1B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CELL MIGRATION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DYNAMICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMINENTIA THALAMI; ENTOPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; FOREBRAIN; FROG; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TELEOST; THALAMUS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; ENTOPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HU PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ANTIGENS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 1442350571     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20011     Document Type: Article

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