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Ex Vivo Optogenetic Dissection of Fear Circuits in Brain Slices
Published on: April 5, 2016
A neuronal migratory pathway crossing from diencephalon to telencephalon populates amygdala nuclei
Fernando García-Moreno1, María Pedraza, Luca G Di Giovannantonio
1Instituto Cajal (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Laboratory of Telencephalic Development, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Neurobiology Department, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
Neurons usually migrate and differentiate in one particular encephalic vesicle. We identified a murine population of diencephalic neurons that colonized the telencephalic amygdaloid complex, migrating along a tangential route that crosses a boundary between developing brain vesicles. The diencephalic transcription factor OTP was necessary for this migratory behavior.
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