Development of the human motor-related thalamic nuclei during the first half of gestation, with special emphasis on GABAergic circuits

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 476, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-289

  Kultas Ilinsky, Kristy ^a   Fallet, Catherine ^b   Verney, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Calcium binding proteins; GABA transporters; Glutamic acid decarboxylase; Immunocytochemistry; Nigrothalamic afferents; Pallidothalamic afferents

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID TRANSPORTER 1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID TRANSPORTER 3; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALRETININ; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROTENSIN; PARVALBUMIN; PROTEIN SM132; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPIL; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROTENSIN; PARVALBUMINS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 3843078593     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20216     Document Type: Article

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