Ontogenetic expression of sonic hedgehog in the chicken subpallium

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue JULY, 2010, Pages

  Bardet, Sylvia M ^a   Ferran, José L E ^b   Sanchez Arrones, Luisa ^b   Puelles, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alar plate; Anterior entopeduncular area; Chick embryo; Forebrain; Pallidum; Preoptic area; Subpallium; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL MIGRATION; CHICK EMBRYO; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DLX5 GENE; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; FOXG1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NKX2.1 GENE; NKX2.2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREOPTIC AREA; SONIC HEDGEHOG GENE; SUBPALLIUM; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 79955716538     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2010.00028     Document Type: Article

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