Engrailed 1 shapes the dopaminergic and serotonergic landscape through proper isthmic organizer maintenance and function

The isthmic organizer (IsO) is a signaling center that specifies the correct and distinct embryonic development of the dopaminergic midbrain and serotonergic hindbrain. The IsO is a linear boundary between the two brain regions, emerging at around embryonic day 7-8 of murine embryonic development, t...

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Main Authors: Willemieke M. Kouwenhoven, Jesse V. Veenvliet, Johannes A. van Hooft, L. P. van der Heide, Marten P. Smidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2016-03-01
Series:Biology Open
Subjects:
IsO
Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/5/3/279