Little is known about the process by which the vertebrate forebrain (the diencephalon and telencephalon) becomes regionalized during development. In studies reported here, DiI injections were used to label the embryonic day 3 (stage-16) chick telencephalon in ovo , and the migration patterns of labelled cells were analyzed in relation to various molecular markers, including the regulatory genes Cash-l and Sonic hedgehog (Shh). Cells generated in the ventral telencephalon (basal ventricular ridge, or BVR) were found to migrate widely, but were restricted from crossing into the more dorsal telencephalon (dorsal ventricular ridge, or DVR), and the more caudal diencephalon. The cell migration boundary between the BVR and DVR correlates with a Cash-l expression boundary, and the cell migration boundary between BVR and diencephalon correlates with a Shh expression boundary. In addition, cell migration patterns were dramatically different in the BVR and DVR territories. These results suggest that the ...

G4 An Early Block to Telencephalic Development in Flat-Top Mutant Mice. Kathryn Hentges and Andrew Peterson. Duke University Medical Center. The telencephalic vesicles form in the mouse embryo by the expansion of precursor regions in the anterior neural tube. After the vesicles expand they undergo regionalization to form distinct dorsal and ventral territories. Since the processes that control expansion and regionalization are not well understood, we have performed a genetic screen to identify mutations that disrupt these processes. We first injected male mice with ENU, a chemical mutagen. The offspring were then crossed to uncover recessive mutations that affect forebrain development. One mutant isolated in the screen, Flat-top, has defects in the formation of the telencephalic vesicles, their regionalization, and the maintenance of gene expression. The Flat-top telencephalic vesicles do not expand during development due to a failure to increase cell proliferation in the forebrain neurectoderm. ...

Thalamocortical axons (TCAs) originate in dorsal thalamus, extend ventrally along the lateral thalamic surface, and as they approach hypothalamus make a lateral turn into ventral telencephalon. In vitro studies show that hypothalamus releases a chemorepellent for TCAs, and analyses of knockout mice indicate that Slit chemorepellents and their receptor Robo2 influence TCA pathfinding. We show that Slit chemorepellents are the hypothalamic chemorepellent and act through Robos to steer TCAs into ventral telencephalon. During TCA pathfinding, Slit1 and Slit2 are expressed in hypothalamus and ventral thalamus and Robo1 and Robo2 are expressed in dorsal thalamus. In collagen gel cocultures of dorsal thalamus and Slit2-expressing cells, axon number and length are decreased on the explant side facing Slit2-expressing cells, overall axon outgrowth is diminished, and axons turn away from the Slit2-expressing cells. Thus, Slit2 is an inhibitor and chemorepellent for dorsal thalamic axons. Collagen gel cocultures

We have examined the genetic mechanisms that regulate dorsal-ventral identity in the embryonic mouse telencephalon and, in particular, the specification of progenitors in the cerebral cortex and striatum. The respective roles of Pax6 and Gsh2 in cortical and striatal development were studied in single and double loss-of-function mouse mutants. Gsh2 gene function was found to be essential to maintain the molecular identity of early striatal progenitors and in its absence the ventral telencephalic regulatory genes Mash1 and Dlx are lost from most of the striatal germinal zone. In their place, the dorsal regulators, Pax6, neurogenin 1 and neurogenin 2 are found ectopically. Conversely, Pax6 is required to maintain the correct molecular identity of cortical progenitors. In its absence, neurogenins are lost from the cortical germinal zone and Gsh2, Mash1 and Dlx genes are found ectopically. These reciprocal alterations in cortical and striatal progenitor specification lead to the abnormal development ...

Olig2 and Mash1 are coexpressed in the VZ and SVZ of the ventral telencephalon at the time when OPCs are specified and a fraction of Olig2+,Mash1+ cells express the early OPC markers, PDGFRα and Olig1. Olig2 and Mash1 are also coexpressed by neuronal precursors, marked by expression of βIII-tubulin, as well as by cells that do not express cell type-specific markers and are presumably multipotent progenitors. Coexpression of Olig2 and Mash1 therefore does not appear to be sufficient to commit progenitors to either a neuronal or an oligodendroglial fate. Overexpression experiments of Mash1 in the dorsal telencephalon (present study; Lu et al., 2001) also indicate that expression of Mash1 alone is not sufficient to induce oligodendrogenesis in the telencephalon, and suggesting that the role of this factor in this lineage is context dependent.. The transcriptional mechanisms that determine the choice between neuronal and oligodendrocyte fates in ventral telencephalic progenitors remain unclear. ...

Dissociated primary cultures from rat telencephalon at different developmental stages were used to study the effect of basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF2) on Otx2, Dlx1, and Emx1, three homeobox genes expressed in different regions of the developing mammalian forebrain. At embryonic day (E)13.5. the regional pattern of expression of Otx1, Otx2, Dlx1, Dlx2, Dlx5, and Emx1 is maintained in primary culture, suggesting that cells are already committed to a regional identity at this stage. In these cultures, Otx2 is expressed by precursor cells, whereas Dlx1 and Emx1 are predominantly expressed by postmitotic cells. We found that FGF2 increased Otx2 expression within precursor cells and the total number of Otx2-expressing cells. This effect was gene- specific, dose-dependent, and temporally regulated, with larger effects at earlier stages of development (E11.5). At E13.5, the effect of FGF2 on Otx2 expression was restricted to the basal telencephalon. Our results suggest that a restricted ...

Dopaminergic axons arising from midbrain nuclei innervate the mammalian and avian telencephalon with heterogeneous regional and laminar distributions. In primate, rodent, and avian species, the neuromodulator dopamine is low or almost absent in most primary sensory areas and is most abundant in the striatal parts of the basal ganglia. Furthermore, dopaminergic fibres are present in most limbic and associative structures. Herein, the distribution of DARPP-32, a phosphoprotein related to the dopamine D1-receptor, was investigated in the pigeon telencephalon by immunocytochemical techniques. Furthermore, co-occurrence of DARPP-32-positive perikarya with tyrosine hydroxylase-positive pericellular axonal baskets or glutamate decarboxylase-positive neurons, as well as co-occurrence of tyrosine hydroxylase and glutamate decarboxylase were examined. Specificity of the anti-DARPP-32 monoclonal antibody in pigeon brain was determined by immunoblotting. The distribution of DARPP-32 shared important ...

Previous work from many labs has shown that Shh signaling is intimately linked with telencephalic oligodendrogenesis. The expression of early oligodendrocyte markers, such as Pdgfra and plp/dm20, is localized to the Shh-expressing region of the anterior hypothalamic neuroepithelium and anterior entopeduncular area. Loss of function data has argued both for and against Hh-independent oligodendrocyte formation (Nery et al., 2001; Tekki-Kessaris et al., 2001). In vivo analyses of Nkx2.1 mutant mice, which lose telencephalic Shh expression, show a strong correlation between the loss of early OPC markers and the loss of Hh ligand. Strangely however, in vitro cortical cultures from Shh null mice are capable of generating oligodendrocytes (Nery et al., 2001; Tekki-Kessaris et al., 2001). Our results suggest that most, if not all oligodendrocyte precursors are Hh-dependent (Fig. 6). Marker analysis of oligodendrocyte precursors at E12.5 showed that these early populations were entirely absent from ...

This thesis is devoted to examining the role of Apc protein in the development of the mouse telencephalon. As Apc-/- embryos die at gastrulation, a conditional knock-out approach was used to examine Apcs role in cortical development. Mutant mice with conditional (flowed) alleles of Apc were crossed to a strain in which Cre expression is driven by the Emx1 promoter (Emx1Cre), allowing specific deletion of Apc in the dorsal telencephalon. The current work presents a detailed description and possible explanations of Apcs functions in the developing cerebral cortex. Conditional knock-out of Apc in the cortex led to severe developmental defects in this region, showing that Apc is required for normal development of the cerebral cortex. The deletion of Apc leads to over-activation of the canonical Wnt pathway and disregulation of PCP Wnt pathway. I examined the expression of regional markers in the residual dorsal telencephalon in conditional Apc mutant embryos. Expression of Foxg1 is lost, showing ...

LRP2 is mainly expressed in the yolk sac and in the neuroepithelium of the early embryo. Deficiency for this 600 kDa protein in mice results in holoprosencephaly, indicating a role for LRP2 in forebrain development. Mice with a complete or a conditional loss of lrp2 function were used to elucidate the consequences of the lack of LRP2 expression. The presence of LRP2 in the neuroepithelium but not in the yolk sac is crucial for early forebrain development. Lack of the receptor resulted in an increase of Bmp4 signaling in the rostral telencephalon at E9.5. As a consequence, shh expression at E10.5 was lost completely in a ventral region of the telencephalon termed anterior entopeduncular area (AEP). The absence of Shh activity in this area led to the loss of ventrally induced oligodendroglial and interneuronal cell populations in lrp2-deficient mice. Similar dorsalizing effects have also been observed in mice with increased Bmp4 signaling. Taking into account that Bmp4 was found to bind to LRP2 in ...

Multiple fluorescence in situ hybridization is the method of choice for studies aimed at determining simultaneous production of signal transduction molecules and neuromodulators in neurons. In our analyses of the monoamine receptor mRNA expression of peptidergic neurons in the rat telencephalon, double tyramide-signal-amplified fluorescence in situ hybridization delivered satisfactory results for coexpression analysis of neuropeptide Y (NPY) and serotonin receptor 2C (5-HT2C) mRNA, a receptor subtype expressed at high-to-moderate abundance in the regions analyzed. However, expression of 5-HT1A mRNA, which is expressed at comparatively low abundance in many telencephalic areas, could not be unequivocally identified in NPY mRNA-reactive neurons due to high background and poor signal-to-noise ratio in fluorescent receptor mRNA detections. Parallel chromogenic in situ hybridization provided clear labeling for 5-HT1A mRNA and additionally offered the possibility to monitor the chromogen deposition at ...

Homologies between vertebrate forebrain subdivisions are still uncertain. In particular the identification of homologs of the mammalian neocortex or the dorsal ventricular ridge (DVR) of birds and reptiles is still a matter of dispute. To get insight about the organization of the primordia of the main telencephalic subdivisions along the anteroposterior axis of the neural tube, a fate map of the dorsal prosencephalon was obtained in avian chimeras at the 8- to 9-somite stage. At this stage, the primordia of the pallium, DVR and striatum were located on the dorsal aspect of the prosencephalon and ordered caudorostrally along the longitudinal axis of the brain. Expression of homeobox-containing genes of the Emx, Dlx and Pax families were used as markers of anteroposterior developmental subdivisions of the forebrain in mouse, chick, turtle and frog. Their expression domains delineated three main telencephalic subdivisions in all species at the onset of neurogenesis: the pallial, intermediate and ...

During vertebrate central nervous system (CNS) development, cells of the pseudostratified epithelium undergo cytokinesis at the ventricular surface. One daughter cell migrates peripherally along radial glial cells, whose processes extend from the ventricular to the pial surface, to differentiate in the mantle layer while the other daughter cell is retained to continue proliferating at the ventricular surface, eventually forming the ventricular zone (VZ). In mammals, this VZ separates into two layers: the ependymal cells forming a single layer in contact with the lumen, and the subventricular zone.. Although cytokinesis persists throughout the adult mammalian neuraxis [1, 2], neuronal differentiation occurs only in two restricted regions of the telencephalon. Neural progenitor cells (NPCs) resident in the subventricular zone chain migrate as neuroblasts over long distances along the rostral migratory stream to the olfactory bulbs, where they terminally differentiate into GABAergic granule neurons ...

The Wnt- and BMP-rich cortical hem has been demonstrated to be critical for the pattern formation of the telencephalon, and it is particularly important for the induction of the hippocampus. Meanwhile, the cortical hem is one of the sources of Cajal-Retzius cells. Many Cajal-Retzius cells are produced in the hem and populated to the media-caudal surface of the telencephalon. However, the mechanism of the maintenance of the hem remain unclear. In this study, we generated a transgenic mouse line CAG-loxp-stop-loxp-Foxg1-IRES-EGFP. By crossing Fzd10CreERTM with this line, combined with tamoxifen induction, Foxg1 was ectopically expressed in the hem from embryonic day 10.5 (E10.5) onwards. We have found the hem-derived Cajal-Retzius cells were transformed into dentate granule neurons accompanied with ectopic expression of Lhx2. However, the morphology of the hem displayed no obvious changes. The hem specific markers, Wnt3a and Wnt2b, were slightly downregulated. Our results indicate that Foxg1 is sufficient

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Under normal conditions, the adult zebrafish telencephalic VZ continuously supplies new neurons to the OB (Byrd and Brunjes, 2001; Grandel et al., 2006; Adolf et al., 2006; Kishimoto et al., 2011). We next performed a BrdU pulse-chase experiment to trace the migrating newly born progeny of ventricular proliferative cells from the telencephalic VZ to the injury site (Zupanc et al., 2005; Grandel et al., 2006; Adolf et al., 2006; Kishimoto et al., 2011). We followed the BrdU-labeled cells in three telencephalic regions - the VZ, the subpallium and the mdlPa (the region surrounding the injury site) - on 0, 3, 7, 10 and 14 dpl (Fig. 4A). At 0 dpl, a large number of BrdU-labeled cells was detected in the telencephalic VZ (n=5; Fig. 4B,B′,F). At 3 dpl, BrdU-labeled cells appeared in the subpallium and pallium along the pathway connecting the telencephalic VZ and the injury site in the injured hemisphere (n=5; Fig. 4C,C′,G). From 3 dpl onwards, the number of BrdU-labeled cells decreased in the ...

Under normal conditions, the adult zebrafish telencephalic VZ continuously supplies new neurons to the OB (Byrd and Brunjes, 2001; Grandel et al., 2006; Adolf et al., 2006; Kishimoto et al., 2011). We next performed a BrdU pulse-chase experiment to trace the migrating newly born progeny of ventricular proliferative cells from the telencephalic VZ to the injury site (Zupanc et al., 2005; Grandel et al., 2006; Adolf et al., 2006; Kishimoto et al., 2011). We followed the BrdU-labeled cells in three telencephalic regions - the VZ, the subpallium and the mdlPa (the region surrounding the injury site) - on 0, 3, 7, 10 and 14 dpl (Fig. 4A). At 0 dpl, a large number of BrdU-labeled cells was detected in the telencephalic VZ (n=5; Fig. 4B,B′,F). At 3 dpl, BrdU-labeled cells appeared in the subpallium and pallium along the pathway connecting the telencephalic VZ and the injury site in the injured hemisphere (n=5; Fig. 4C,C′,G). From 3 dpl onwards, the number of BrdU-labeled cells decreased in the ...

History Considerably less interest has been directed at understanding the cellular the different parts of gliogenesis in the telencephalon in comparison with neuronogenesis regardless of the necessity of regular glial PF299804 cell formation for neurological function. in differing places. Results Weve discovered progenitor populations in the ventral and dorsal telencephalon limited to the era of astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. We further show which the dorsal glial progenitor cells could be produced de novo from the dorsal telencephalon and we show their capacity for in vivo production of both myelin-forming oligodendrocytes and astrocytes upon transplantation. Summary Based on our results we offer a unifying model of telencephalic gliogenesis with the generation of both oligodendrocytes and astrocytes from spatially independent but functionally related glial restricted populations at different developmental instances in the dorsal and ventral CNS. Background Within the central nervous system ...

The zebrafish has become a new model for adult neurogenesis, owing to its abundant neurogenic areas in most brain subdivisions. Radial glia-like cells, actively proliferating cells, and label-retaining progenitors have been described in these areas. In the telencephalon, this complexity is enhanced by an organization of the ventricular zone (VZ) in fast and slow-dividing domains, suggesting the existence of heterogeneous progenitor types. In this work, we studied the expression of various transgenic or immunocytochemical markers for glial cells (gfap:gfp, cyp19a1b:gfp, BLBP, and S100beta), progenitors (nestin:gfp and Sox2), and neuroblasts (PSA-NCAM) in cycling progenitors of the adult zebrafish telencephalon (identified by expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), MCM5, or bromodeoxyuridine incorporation). We demonstrate the existence of distinct populations of dividing cells at the adult telencephalic VZ. Progenitors of the overall slow-cycling domains express high levels of ...

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article{3127253, abstract = {GABAergic interneurons mainly originate in the medial ganglionic eminence (MGE) of the embryonic ventral telencephalon (VT) and migrate tangentially to the cortex, guided by membrane-bound and secreted factors. We found that Sip1 (Zfhx1b, Zeb2), a transcription factor enriched in migrating cortical interneurons, is required for their proper differentiation and correct guidance. The majority of Sip1 knockout interneurons fail to migrate to the neocortex and stall in the VT. RNA sequencing reveals that Sip1 knockout interneurons do not acquire a fully mature cortical interneuron identity and contain increased levels of the repulsive receptor Unc5b. Focal electroporation of Unc5b-encoding vectors in the MGE of wild-type brain slices disturbs migration to the neocortex, whereas reducing Unc5b levels in Sip1 knockout slices and brains rescues the migration defect. Our results reveal that Sip1, through tuning of Unc5b levels, is essential for cortical interneuron ...

Cell adhesion is of utmost importance in normal development and cellular functions. ICAM-5 (intercellular adhesion molecule-5, telencephalin, TLN) is a member of the ICAM family of adhesion proteins. As a novel cell adhesion molecule, ICAM-5 shares many structural similarities with the other members of IgSF, especially the ICAM subgroup; however, ICAM-5 has several unique properties compared to the other ICAMs. With its nine extracellular Ig domains, ICAM-5 is the largest member of ICAM subgroup identified so far. Therefore, it is much more complex than the other ICAMs. The expression of ICAM-5 is confined to the telencephalic neurons of the central nervous system whereas all the other ICAM members are expressed mostly by cells in the immune and blood systems. The developmental appearance of ICAM-5 parallels the time of dendritic elongation and branching, and synapse formation in the telencephalon. As a somatodendrite-specific adhesion molecule, ICAM-5 not only participates in immune-nervous system

During vertebrate brain development, the gastrulation brain homeobox 2 gene (gbx2) is expressed in the forebrain, but its precise roles are still unknown. In this study, we addressed this issue in zebrafish (Danio rerio) first by carefully examining gbx2 expression in the developing forebrain. We sh …

During development, the mammalian ventral telencephalon is comprised of three major proliferative zones: the medial (MGE), lateral (LGE) and caudal (CGE) ganglionic eminences. Through gene expression studies, in vitro migration assays, genetic mutant analysis and in vivo fate mapping in mice, we fou …

Viktorin et al., 2009 - Emx3 is required for the differentiation of dorsal telencephalic neurons. Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 238(8):1984-1998 Full text @ Dev. Dyn. ...

Others report that interneurons born in the ganglionic eminences express erbB4 and tangential migration toward the dorsal telencephalon is partially controlled by NRG1 via erbB4 [64], [65 ...

Storhjärnan (även cerebrum eller telencephalon) är en del av hjärnan och därmed det centrala nervsystemet hos ryggradsdjur. Endast hos de större däggdjuren dominerar den storleksmässigt och förtjänar benämningen storhjärna. ¶ Hos människan upptar storhjärnan 90 % av hjärnvolymen, och det är detta som ger människan en förmåga till abstrakt tänkande som skiljer sig från övriga djur. Här finns intellekt, konstnärlighet och abstrakt språk. Detta finns lagrat i storhjärnans yttersta lager, i hjärnbarken (cortex). Barken är omkring tre till fem millimeter tjock och den är kraftigt veckad så att dess yta (1,5 m2) får plats under skallbenen. Barken består av grå substans och under denna finns vit substans. Djupt inuti storhjärnan finns även inslag av grå substans, bland annat de basala ganglierna. Förenklat är grå substans cellkärnor medan den vita substansen är utskott som omges av en särskilt form av fett, myelin. Den vita substansen sköter om ...

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J:142535 Sargeant TJ, Day DJ, Miller JH, Steel RW, Acute in utero morphine exposure slows G2/M phase transition in radial glial and basal progenitor cells in the dorsal telencephalon of the E15.5 embryonic mouse. Eur J Neurosci. 2008 Sep;28(6):1060-7 ...

J:127039 Rash BG, Grove EA, Patterning the dorsal telencephalon: a role for sonic hedgehog?. J Neurosci. 2007 Oct 24;27(43):11595-603 ...

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Reactive glia, including astroglia and oligodendrocyte progenitors (OPCs) are at the core of the reaction to injury in the mammalian brain with initially beneficial and later partially adverse functions such as scar formation. Given the different glial composition in the adult zebrafish brain with radial ependymoglia but no parenchymal astrocytes, we examined the glial response to an invasive stab wound injury model in the adult zebrafish telencephalon. Strikingly, already a few days after injury the wound was closed without any scar tissue. Similar to mammals, microglia cells reacted first and accumulated close to the injury site, while neither GFAP+ radial ependymoglia nor adult OPCs were recruited to the injury site. Moreover, OPCs failed to increase their proliferation after this injury, while the number of proliferating GFAP+ glia was increased until 7 days after injury. Importantly, neurogenesis was also increased after injury, generating additional neurons recruited to the parenchyma ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Zebrafish Dmrta2 regulates neurogenesis in the telencephalon. AU - Yoshizawa, Akio. AU - Nakahara, Yoshinari. AU - Izawa, Toshiaki. AU - Ishitani, Tohru. AU - Tsutsumi, Makiko. AU - Kuroiwa, Atsushi. AU - Itoh, Motoyuki. AU - Kikuchi, Yutaka. N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.. PY - 2011/11. Y1 - 2011/11. N2 - Although recent findings showed that some Drosophila doublesex and Caenorhabditis elegans mab-3 related genes are expressed in neural tissues during development, their functions have not been fully elucidated. Here, we isolated a zebrafish mutant, ha2, that shows defects in telencephalic neurogenesis and found that ha2 encodes Doublesex and MAB-3 related transcription factor like family A2 (Dmrta2). dmrta2 expression is restricted to the telencephalon, diencephalon and olfactory placode during somitogenesis. We found that the expression of the proneural gene, neurogenin1, in the posterior and dorsal region of telencephalon (posterior-dorsal ...

Aboitiz, F., and J. Montiel. Origin and Evolution of the Vertebrate Telencephalon, with Special Reference to the Mammalian Neocortex. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology, and Cell Biology, vol. 193, Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology, 2007, pp. 1-112 ...

Al-4 In the human embryo identify the large telencephalic vesicles and the choroid plexus. The cavity in these (the lateral ventricles) communicate with the ventricle of the diencephalon (3rd ventricle) through the interventricular foramen A3: inside the lateral ventricle Al-2: Distinguish the wall of the forebrain. A3-4: The basal part of the telencephalon forms the basal ganglia, a solid mass. Posteromedially these basal ganglia are in contact with the diencephalon. The large masses in either side of the diencephalon form the thalami. Al-7, B1: The diencephalon. In these levels the brain comes into section twice, because of the cephalic flexure, but in A2-4 the two parts are connected. Al-5: Ventral to the thalamus you can identify the hypothalamus. A6-7, B1: The hypothalamus A6: the lamina terminalis, original anterior end of the neural tube. Notice the position of the optic nerves in relation to the hypothalamic part of the diencephalon (B1). B2-3: Further caudally the pituitary gland is ...

Project leader: Prof. Dr. M. Brand. The capacity to generate new neurons is lost in most areas of the adult mammalian brain, while most non-mammalian vertebrates, including teleosts, retain this ability in many areas of the CNS. Mechanisms of neurogenesis are generally highly conserved among vertebrates. However, the mechanisms that support neural precursor/stem cell activity in the teleost brain, or that prevent it in the mammalian brain, are at present largely unknown. Previously we characterized neural progenitor cell activity, lineage and differentiation of new neurons and glia in the adult zebrafish telencephalon and cerebellum. We identified different types of stem- and progenitor cells in the adult niches as well as molecular differences between them, and showed a functional requirement for Fgf and Bmp signaling. Using newly generated transgenic marker lines, FACS sorting methods and transcriptome analysis, we systematically determined shared and distinct molecular properties of these ...

A cascade of simple mechanisms influences thalamic innervation of the neocortex. The cortex exerts a remote growth-promoting influence on thalamic axons when they start to grow out, becomes growth-permissive when the axons begin to invade, and later expresses a stop signal, causing termination in layer 4. However, any part of the thalamus will innervate any region of developing cortex in culture, and the precise topographic distribution of thalamic fibres in vivo is unlikely to depend exclusively on regional chemoaffinity. The handshake hypothesis proposes that axons from the thalamus and from early-born cortical preplate cells meet and intermingle in the basal telencephalon, whereafter thalamic axons grow over the scaffold of preplate axons, and become captured for a waiting period in the subplate layer below the corresponding part of the cortex. The bizarre pattern of development of thalamic innervation in the mutant reeler mouse provides strong evidence that thalamic axons are guided by

TY - JOUR. T1 - Expression of p73 and Reelin in the Developing Human Cortex. AU - Meyer, Gundela. AU - Perez-Garcia, Carlos Gustavo. AU - Abraham, Hajnalka. AU - Caput, Daniel. PY - 2002/6/15. Y1 - 2002/6/15. N2 - Cajal-Retzius (CR) cells of the developing neocortex secrete Reelin (Reln), a glycoprotein involved in neuronal migration. CR cells selectively express p73, a p53 family member implicated in cell survival and apoptosis. Immunocytochemistry in prenatal human telencephalon reveals a complex sequence of migration waves of p73- and Reln-immunoreactive (IR) neurons into the cortical marginal zone (MZ). At early preplate stages, p73/Reln-IR cells arise in distinct sectors of the telencephalon, including cortical primordium and ganglionic eminences. After the appearance of the cortical plate, further p73/Reln-IR cells originate in the medial periolfactory forebrain. In addition, p73 marks a novel cell population that appears at the choroid-cortical junction or cortical hem before the ...

A number of vertebrate genes of the Dlx gene family have been cloned in mouse, frog, and zebrafish. These genes contain a homeobox related to that of Distalless, a gene expressed in the developing head and limbs of Drosophila embryos. We cloned and studied the expression of two members of this family, which we named Dlx5 and Dlx6, in human and mouse. The two human genes, DLX5 and DLX6, are closely linked in an inverted convergent configuration in a region of chromosome 7, at 7q22. Similarly, the two human genes DLX1 and DLX2 are closely linked in a convergent configuration at 2q32, near the HOXD (previously HOX4) locus. In situ hybridization experiments in mouse embryos revealed expression of Dlx5 and Dlx6 mRNA in restricted regions of ventral diencephalon and basal telencephalon, with a distribution very similar to that reported for Dlx1 and Dlx2 mRNA. A surprising feature of Dlx5 and Dlx6 is that they are also expressed in all skeletal structures of midgestation embryos after the first ...

Huntingtons disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by expansion of CAG repeats in the Huntingtin gene (HTT). Neither its pathogenic mechanisms nor the normal functions of HTT are well understood. To model HD in humans, we engineered a genetic allelic series of isogenic human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines with graded increases in CAG repeat length. Neural differentiation of these lines unveiled a novel developmental HD phenotype: the appearance of giant multinucleated telencephalic neurons at an abundance directly proportional to CAG repeat length, generated by a chromosomal instability and failed cytokinesis over multiple rounds of DNA replication. We conclude that disrupted neurogenesis during development is an important, unrecognized aspect of HD pathogenesis. To address the function of normal HTT protein we generated HTT+/- and HTT-/- lines. Surprisingly, the same phenotype emerged in HTT-/- but not HTT+/- lines. We conclude that HD is a developmental disorder ...

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A current theory for the generation of fate asymmetry is based on the discrete localization of cytoplasmic fate-determining molecules within the mother cell and their unequal distribution to daughter cells during division. The molecules so far identified, such as Notch, Numb, Miranda, Staufen, and Prospero (10, 20, 45, 46), have been shown to exhibit either basal or apical capping before division in static studies. Importantly, the fate molecule parcellation model only works in conjunction with variable orientations of the final cleavage plane. Assuming that the localization of fate molecule is fixed, only if the plane of cleavage can be modified can divergent cell fates be generated. If, on the other hand, fate molecules are not tethered in the same intracellular location throughout neurogenesis, or if there are multiple signaling pathways as the late vertical neurogenic divisions suggest, then spindle rotation is an even more critical requirement for modulating mode of division.. The nature ...

Single-cell RNA-Seq RNA from medial ganglionic eminence at E11.5, E13.5, E15.5 or E17.5. The ID of this project in Genentechs ExpressionPlot database is PRJ0007389 Overall design: Single-cell RNA-Seq from medial ganglionic eminence at E11.5, E13.5, E15.5 or E17.5.

Zhao, T.; Szabo, N.; Ma, J.; Luo, L.; Zhou, X.; Alvarez-Bolado, G.: Genetic mapping of Foxb1-cell lineage shows migration from caudal diencephalon to telencephalon and lateral hypothalamus. European Journal of Neuroscience 28 (10), pp. 1941 - 1955 (2008 ...

Localization of gad1b/2- or vglut2-expressing cells and TH-ir neurons in the telencephalon of the juvenile brain. A: Lateral overview of a juvenile brain staine

In adult zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata), the telencephalon occupies 64% of the entire brain. This fraction is similar to what is seen in parrots, but many other birds possess a significantly smaller telencephalon. The aim of the present study was to determine the developmental time course and cellular basis of telencephalic enlargement in zebra finches, and then to compare these findings with what is known about telencephalic enlargement in other birds. To this end we estimated the volumes of all major brain regions from serial sections in embryonic and post-hatching zebra finches. We also labeled proliferating cells with antibodies against proliferating cell nuclear antigen and phosphorylated histone H3. An important finding to emerge from this work is that the telencephalon of zebra finches at hatching contains a thick proliferative subventricular zone (SVZ) that extends from the subpallium into the dorsal pallium. The data also show that the onset and offset of telencephalic neurogenesis ...

In neuroanatomy and neuroembryology, a ganglionic eminence (GE) is a transitory brain structure that guides cell and axon migration. It is present in the embryonic and fetal stages of neural development found between the thalamus and caudate nucleus. The eminences are found in the ventral ventricular zone of the telencephalon, where they facilitate tangential cell migration during embryonic development. Tangential migration does not involve interactions with radial glial cells; instead the interneurons migrate perpendicularly through the radial glial cells to reach their final location. The characteristics and function of the cells that follow the tangential migration pathway seem to be closely related to the location and precise timing of their production. GABAergic interneurons migrate tangentially, and the GEs contribute significantly to building up the GABAergic cortical cell population. Another structure that the GEs contribute to is the basal ganglia. The GEs also guide the axons growing ...

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A screen for early markers of B-lymphocyte differentiation has identified a homeobox gene, denoted LH-2, that has a pattern of expression distinct from that of other related genes. The LH-2 cDNA sequence encodes a polypeptide of 426 amino acids that contains a homeodomain and two repeats of a cysteine-rich domain referred to as a LIM domain. The homeodomain of the LH-2 protein is related to that of other LIM/homeodomain proteins, most strikingly with that of the Drosophila apterous protein. Expression of LH-2 was found in B- and T-lymphoid cell lines. Expression in B-cell lines was highest in lines that represent early stages of differentiation, whereas in T-cell lines there was no clear correlation with the stage of differentiation. In embryonic and adult tissues, the highest level of LH-2 expression was found in discrete regions of the developing central nervous system, primarily in diencephalic and telencephalic structures, and in a subset of lymphoid tissues. The expression pattern and ...

FOXG1 Syndrome. FOXG1 Syndrome is a rare neuro-developmental condition associated with mutations in the forkhead box G1 (FOXG1) gene. A de novo pathogenic variant in FOXG1 was first discovered via fluorescence in situ hybridization and southern blot hybridization in a girl with severe cognitive disability associated with complete agenesis of the corpus callosum and microcephaly in 2005. The FOXG1 gene provides instructions for making a protein known as forkhead box G1. This protein is a transcription factor, which means it helps regulate the activity of other genes. This protein plays an important role in brain development, particularly in a region of the embryonic brain known as the telencephalon. The telencephalon ultimately develops into several critical structures, including the the largest part of the brain (the cerebrum), which controls most voluntary activity, language, sensory perception, learning, and memory.. Typical Symptoms. There is a wide variation in both the symptoms and severity ...

The transcription factor Pax6 has been implicated in neocortical neurogenesis in vertebrates, including humans. Analyses of the role of Pax6 in layer formation and cognitive abilities have been hampered by perinatal lethality of Pax6 mutants. Here, we generated viable mutants exhibiting timed, restricted inactivation of Pax6 during early and late cortical neurogenesis using Emx1-Cre and hGFAP-Cre lines, respectively. The disruption of Pax6 at the onset of neurogenesis using Emx1-Cre line resulted in premature cell cycle exit of early progenitors, increase of early born neuronal subsets located in the marginal zone and lower layers, and a nearly complete absence of upper layer neurons, especially in the rostral cortex. Furthermore, progenitors, which accumulated in the enlarged germinal neuroepithelium at the pallial/subpallial border in the Pax6 mutants, produced an excess of oligodendrocytes. The inactivation of Pax6 after generation of the lower neuronal layers using hGFAP-Cre line did not affect

GABA is the key inhibitory neurotransmitter in the cortex but regulation of its synthesis during forebrain development is poorly understood. In the telencephalon, members of the distal-less (Dlx) homeobox gene family are expressed in, and regulate the...

Thus Pallium Kulasekharam was launched on 24th May 2013 as a Non Govt. Organization which is now a Registered Public Charitable Trust ( No:11/2014).. OBJECTIVES:. The main objective of Palium Kulasekharam is to provide Palliative Care and Pain relief to those individuals who are suffering from terminal life limiting debilitating diseases like Cancer and to those who are paralised. It involves not only providing medical care but also extending material and spiritual supports, so as to create a sense of wellbeing in the minds of such sufferers.Where cure is difficult it shifts care to improve the quality of life of patient and the family.. SERVICES. Our services are designed to care to those outpatients who are ambulant, home care visit to all those who are bedridden, and inpatient care only to a selected needy. We endeavor palliative care, necessary palliative medicine and supplies free of cost to the poor inconformity with the program of the government. We also proposed to engage in providing ...

To confirm that the 15-bp deletion disrupts perisylvian GPR56 expression, we generated transgenic mice with the 23-kb human GPR56 upstream region driving green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression. The 23-kb region encompasses 16 of the 17 transcription start sites containing e1m and ends before the translation start codon (Fig. 2A). This construct drives GFP expression in the entire central nervous system, including neocortex, and recapitulates the location and relative amount of expression of endogenous mouse GPR56 protein (Fig. 2B and fig. S3). In contrast, the 23-kb construct containing the 15-bp deletion drives expression in medial, but not lateral, cortex or lateral ganglionic eminence (Fig. 2B). These data suggest that the cis-regulatory element upstream of e1m drives GPR56 expression in the perisylvian and lateral cortex, whereas disruption of the element, with consequent impairment of e1m expression, causes the perisylvian malformation.. To elucidate how the 15-bp deletion in the ...

Bone morphogenetic proteins such as BMP4 are essential for proper development of telencephalic forebrain structures and induce differentiation of telencephalic neural stem cells into a variety of cellular fates, including astrocytic, neuronal, and mesenchymal cells. Little is yet understood regarding the mechanisms that underlie the spatiotemporal differences in progenitor response to BMP4. In a screen designed to identify novel targets of BMP4 signaling in telencephalic neural stem cells, we found the mRNA levels of the previously uncharacterized factor CXXC5 reproducibly up-regulated upon BMP4 stimulation. In vivo, CXXC5 expression overlapped with BMP4 adjacent to Wnt3a expression in the dorsal regions of the telencephalon, including the developing choroid plexus. CXXC5 showed partial homology with Idax, a related protein previously shown to interact with the Wnt-signaling intermediate Dishevelled (Dvl). Indeed CXXC5 and Dvl co-localized in the cytoplasm and interacted in ...

The definition of the brain in the second model, the Developmental CNS Model, differs from the Classical Model in that structures are grouped by the location of their precursors in the embryo; and it includes the retina, a structure which is located outside the cranial cavity of the mature animal but originates in the Encephalon (embryonic brain). (The retina is classically defined as part of the peripheral nervous system.) To avoid confusion, the standard NeuroNames terminology for structures defined by dissection of the mature brain are in English; standard names for subdivisions based on embryonic precursor are in Latin and capitalized. Thus, the highest level divisions of the Developmental CNS Model are the Telencephalon, Mesencephalon, and Rhombencephalon, which correspond to a large extent, but with significant exceptions, to the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain of the Classical Model. (The Developmental CNS Model is not currently illustrated in BrainInfo ...

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The International FOXG1 Foundations Mission is to provide hope and support to individuals with FOXG1 and their families via any means possible, to facilitate discussion and fund research within the medical community, and to bring awareness and education to the public. Our goal is to find treatments and a cure for FOXG1. We hope this Foundation will provide support and inspiration to the many families who have been blessed with a FOXG1 miracle.

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