Foxp2 Regulates Identities and Projection Patterns of Thalamic Nuclei during Development

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 3648-3659

  Ebisu, Haruka ^a,b   Iwai Takekoshi, Lena ^b   Fujita Jimbo, Eriko ^c   Momoi, Takashi ^d   Kawasaki, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foxp2; Thalamic patterning

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; CALRETININ; CASPASE ACTIVATED DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A8; FOXA2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; LHX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SLC17A6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; AGE; ANIMAL; BODY PATTERNING; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NERVE TRACT; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY PATTERNING; CALBINDIN 2; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RECEPTOR, EPHA8; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 85024382989     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw187     Document Type: Article

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