The Progenitor Zone of the Ventral Medial Ganglionic Eminence Requires Nkx2-1 to Generate Most of the Globus Pallidus But Few Neocortical Interneurons

Autor: John L.R. Rubenstein, Pierre Flandin, Shioko Kimura
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: The Journal of Neuroscience. 30:2812-2823
ISSN: 1529-2401
0270-6474
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4228-09.2010
Popis: We show that most globus pallidus neurons, but very few neocortical interneurons, are generated from the ventral medial ganglionic eminence and dorsal preoptic area based on fate mapping using an Shh-Cre allele. The Shh-expressing subpallial lineage produces parvalbumin+GABAergic neurons, ChAT+cholinergic neurons, and oligodendrocytes. Loss of Nkx2-1 function from the Shh-expressing domain eliminated most globus pallidus neurons, whereas most cortical and striatal interneurons continued to be generated, except for striatal cholinergic neurons. Finally, our analysis provided evidence for a novel cellular component (Nkx2-1−;Npas1+) of the globus pallidus.
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