Early development of the cerebellum in Teleost fishes: A study based on gene expression patterns and histology in the Medaka embryo

Zoological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-418

  Ishikawa, Yuji ^a   Yasuda, Takako ^a   Kage, Takahiro ^a,b   Takashima, Shigeo ^b   Yoshimoto, Masami ^c   Yamamoto, Naoyuki ^d   Maruyama, Kouichi ^a   Takeda, Hiroyuki ^b   Ito, Hironobu ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Development; fgf8; Fish; Isthmus; Medaka; Neural tube; wnt1

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; ORYZIAS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; ORYZIAS;

ACTINOPTERYGII; ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 45449114030     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.407     Document Type: Article

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