GABA immunoreactivity in the developing rat thalamus and Otx2 homeoprotein expression in migrating neurons

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 73, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 64-74

  Inverardi, F ^a   Beolchi, M Sana ^a   Ortino, B ^a   Moroni, R F ^a   Regondi, M C ^a   Amadeo, A ^b   Frassoni, C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Development; Interneurons; Reticular thalamic nucleus; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ANTIBODY; CALRETININ; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GROWTH CONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MOUSE; NEUROBLAST; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL COUNT; CELL MOVEMENT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 34248173957     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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