Organization of the gymnotiform fish pallium in relation to learning and memory: IV. Expression of conserved transcription factors and implications for the evolution of dorsal telencephalon

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3395-3413

  Harvey Girard, Erik ^a   Giassi, Ana C C ^a   Ellis, William ^a   Maler, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep homology; Dorsal telencephalon; FoxO3; FoxP2; Isocortex; Otx1; Pallium

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN OTX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOXO3 GENE; FOXP2 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GYMNOTIFORMES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OTX1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GYMNOTIFORMES; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEURONS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84865325171     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23107     Document Type: Article

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