Lhx6 activity is required for the normal migration and specification of cortical interneuron subtypes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3078-3089

  Liodis, Petros ^a   Denaxa, Myrto ^a   Grigoriou, Marirena ^a,c   Akufo Addo, Cynthia ^a,d   Yanagawa, Yuchio ^b   Pachnis, Vassilis ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^d Center for Comparative Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Calretinin; Forebrain; Interneuron; Lhx6; LIM homeodomain; Neocortex; Parvalbumin; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; PARVALBUMIN; SOMATOSTATIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33947524099     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3055-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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