The corticofugal neuron-associated genes ROBO1, SRGAP1, and CTIP2 exhibit an anterior to posterior gradient of expression in early fetal human neocortex development

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1395-1407

  Ip, Bui Kar ^a,b   Bayatti, Nadhim ^a,b   Howard, Nicholas J ^a,b   Lindsay, Susan ^a,b   Clowry, Gavin J ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cerebral cortex; corticospinal tract; regionalization

Indexed keywords

CTIP2 PROTEIN; FEZF2 PROTEIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1; PROTEIN; ROBO1 PROTEIN; SATB2 PROTEIN; SRGAP1 PROTEIN; TBR1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ER81; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CORTICAL PLATE; EMBRYO; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMEDIATE ZONE; MITOSIS; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

AGE FACTORS; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 79957440214     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq219     Document Type: Article

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