Early thalamocortical tract guidance and topographic sorting of thalamic projections requires LIM-homeodomain gene Lhx2

Developmental Biology

Volumn 306, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 703-713

  Lakhina, Vanisha ^a   Falnikar, Aditi ^a   Bhatnagar, Lahar ^a   Tole, Shubha ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Internal capsule; Lhx2; Pathfinding; Sema6A; Specificity; Thalamocortical; Topography

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN LHX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 34249873294     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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