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LacZ‐reporter mapping of Dlx5 / 6 expression and genoarchitectural analysis of the postnatal mouse prethalamus

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Puelles, Luis, Diaz, Carmen, Stühmer, Thorsten, Ferran, José L., Martínez‐de la Torre, Margaret, Rubenstein, John L. R.·2021·Journal of Comparative Neurology

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We present here a thorough and complete analysis of mouse P0‐P140 prethalamic histogenetic subdivisions and corresponding nuclear derivatives, in the context of local tract landmarks. The study used as fundamental material brains from a transgenic mouse line that expresses LacZ under the control of an intragenic enhancer of Dlx5 and Dlx6 ( Dlx5 / 6‐LacZ ). Subtle shadings of LacZ signal, jointly with pan‐DLX immunoreaction, and several other ancillary protein or RNA markers, including Calb2 and Nkx2.2 ISH (for the prethalamic eminence, and derivatives of the rostral zona limitans shell domain, respectively) were mapped across the prethalamus. The resulting model of the prethalamic region postulates tetrapartite rostrocaudal and dorsoventral subdivisions, as well as a tripartite radial stratification, each cell population showing a characteristic molecular profile. Some novel nuclei are proposed, and some instances of potential tangential cell migration were noted.

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  • Both RT and ZI neurons may have originated from the prethalamus or the zona limitans intrathalamica.

    “Both RT and ZI neurons may have originated from the prethalamus or the zona limitans intrathalamica (ZLI)34–38.”

    From A high-resolution transcriptomic and spatial atlas of cell types in the whole mouse brain (2023) · cites this paper as [37]

    The Results section, “Regional and areal constitution of the prethalamus” (page unavailable), identifies RT and the rostral and caudal ZI as prethalamic derivatives. The Results section, “Adult prethalamic cell populations at P40 and P140” (page unavailable), instead identifies the zona-limitans-derived retroincertal nucleus as distinct from the caudal ZI; it does not establish a zona limitans origin for both RT and ZI neurons. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Puelles, L., Diaz, C., Stühmer, T., Ferran, J. L., Martínez‐de la Torre, M., & Rubenstein, J. L. R.
Affiliations
  • Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (ES)
  • Department of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine and Institute for Research in Neurological Disabilities University of Castilla‐La Mancha Albacete Spain
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Department of Human Anatomy and Psychobiology and IMIB‐Arrixaca Institute University of Murcia Murcia Spain
Corresponding author
Puelles, Luis
Venue
Journal of Comparative Neurology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2020-06-18
Volume
529
Issue
2
Pages
367-420
ISSN
  • 0021-9967 (ISSN-L)
  • 1096-9861
OpenAlex
W3024241006
Cited by
35
References
242
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 6
FWCI
2.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH049428)
  • Fundación Séneca (19904/GERM/15)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling
Keywords
prethalamus, Dlx5, Dlx6, lacZ reporter, histogenesis, calretinin, Nkx2.2, radial stratification, postnatal mouse brain
MeSH terms
Animals, Animals, Newborn, Chromosome Mapping, Female, Lac Operon, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Pregnancy, Thalamus, Zebrafish, Gene Expression, Homeodomain Proteins, Mice

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