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    Miswiring of limbic thalamocortical projections in the absence of ephrin-A5.
        
        J. Neurosci. 22, 9352-9357 (2002)
    
    
    
	    Axon guidance cues of the ephrin ligand family have been hypothesized to regulate the formation of thalamocortical connections, but in vivo evidence for such a role has not been examined directly. To test whether ephrin-mediated repulsive cues participate in sorting the projections originating from distinct thalamic nuclei, we analyzed the organization of somatosensory and anterior cingulate afferents postnatally in mice lacking ephrin-A5 gene expression. Projections from ventrobasal and laterodorsal nuclei to their respective sensory and limbic cortical areas developed normally. However, a portion of limbic thalamic neurons from the laterodorsal nucleus also formed additional projections to somatosensory cortical territories, thus maintaining inappropriate dual projections to multiple cortical regions. These results suggest that ephrin-A5 is not required for the formation of normal cortical projections from the appropriate thalamic nuclei, but rather acts as a guidance cue that restricts limbic thalamic axons from inappropriate neocortical regions.
	
	
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        Publication type
        Article: Journal article
    
 
    
        Document type
        Scientific Article
    
 
     
    
     
     
    
    
        Language
        english
    
 
    
        Publication Year
        2002
    
 
     
    
        HGF-reported in Year
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        ISSN (print) / ISBN
        0270-6474
    
 
    
        e-ISSN
        1529-2401
    
 
    
     
     
	     
	 
	 
    
        Journal
        Journal of Neuroscience
    
 
	
    
        Quellenangaben
        
	    Volume: 22,  
	    Issue: 21,  
	    Pages: 9352-9357 
	    
	    
	
    
 
    
         
        
            Publisher
            Society for Neuroscience
        
 
         
	
         
         
         
         
         
	
         
         
         
    
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
    
        Reviewing status
        Peer reviewed
    
 
    
        Institute(s)
        Institute of Developmental Genetics (IDG)
    
 
     
     
     
     
     	
    
        PubMed ID
        12417660
    
    
        Erfassungsdatum
        2002-12-31