Development of the mouse amygdala as revealed by enhanced green fluorescent protein gene transfer by means of in utero electroporation

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 513, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-128

  Soma, Miho ^a   Aizawa, Hidenori ^b   Ito, Yoshimasa ^c   Maekawa, Motoko ^a   Osumi, Noriko ^d,e   Nakahira, Eiko ^a   Okamoto, Hitoshi ^b   Tanaka, Kohichi ^c   Yuasa, Shigeki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caudal ganglionic eminence; Neurogenesis; Neuronal migration; Nucleus formation; Radial glia

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE TRANSFER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TELENCEPHALON; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL MOVEMENT; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; NEURONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 59649100967     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21945     Document Type: Article

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