A mutually stimulating loop involving Emx2 and canonical Wnt signalling specifically promotes expansion of occipital cortex and hippocampus

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2021-2028

  Muzio, L ^a   Soria, J M ^a,c   Pannese, M ^a   Piccolo, S ^b   Mallamaci, A ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Areal sizing; Cell cycle genes; Emx2; Proneural genes; Wnt signalling

Indexed keywords

DNA; EMX 2 PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEURONS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 18244406441     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhi077     Document Type: Article

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