Spatiotemporal patterns of Pax3, Pax6, and Pax7 expression in the developing brain of a urodele amphibian, pleurodeles waltl

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 3913-3953

  Joven, Alberto ^a   Morona, Ruth ^a   González, Agustín ^a   Moreno, Nerea ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Diencephalon; Immunohistochemistry; Mesencephalon; Pax genes; Segmental organization; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PAX3 GENE; PAX6 GENE; PAX7 GENE; PLEURODELES; PLEURODELES WALTI; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOMERE 2; PROSOMERE 3; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

BRAIN EVOLUTION; DIENCEPHALON; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; PAX GENES; SEGMENTAL ORGANIZATION; TELENCEPHALON;

AGE FACTORS; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PLEURODELES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84885346693     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23385     Document Type: Article

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