Spatiotemporal distribution of PAX6 and MEIS2 expression and total cell numbers in the ganglionic eminence in the early developing human forebrain

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-162

  Larsen, Karen B ^a,b,f   Lutterodt, Melissa C ^c,d   Laursen, Henning ^c   Græm, Niels ^c   Pakkenberg, Bente ^b   Møllgrd, Kjeld ^e   Møller, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fetal; Homeobox genes; In situ hybridization; Neocortex; Neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MEIS2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MEIS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; FETUS; FOREBRAIN; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MYELENCEPHALON; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; STEREOLOGY; TELENCEPHALON; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PREGNANCY; PROSENCEPHALON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77954474112     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000297602     Document Type: Article

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