Genetic and experimental evidence supports the continuum of the central extended amygdala and a mutiple embryonic origin of its principal neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3507-3531

  Bupesh, Munisamy ^a   Abellán, Antonio ^a   Medina, Loreta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Cell migrations; CRF; Enkephalin; Islet1; Lateral ganglionic eminence; Medial ganglionic eminence; Pax6; Somatostatin; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ISLET1 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PREPROENKEPHALIN; SOMATOSTATIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CENTRAL EXTENDED AMYGDALA; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL LATERAL GANGLIONIC EMINENCE; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LATERAL BED NUCLEUS; MEDIAL GANGLIONIC EMINENCE; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRIA TERMINALIS; VENTRAL LATERAL GANGLIONIC EMINENCE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 80053238129     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22719     Document Type: Article

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