Regional and Cellular Patterns of reelin mRNA Expression in the Forebrain of the Developing and Adult Mouse

Table 1.

reelin mRNA expression in the murine forebrain at E10–E12, according to the prosomeric model (Puelles and Rubenstein, 1993)

E10 E11 E12
Secondary prosencephalon
 Prosomere 6
  Olfactory bulb + ++ +++
  Lateral septum − − −
  Medial septum/diagonal band − + +
 Prosomere 5
  Neocortex + ++ +++
  Striatal differentiated field − + +
  Amygdala − + +
  Anterior hypothalamus − + +
  Hypothalamic cell cord − ++ ++
 Prosomere 4
  Archicortex + ++ +++
  Supraoptic/paraventricular hypothalamus − + +
  Posterior entopeduncular area − ++ ++
Diencephalon
 Prosomere 3
  Ventral thalamus − ++ ++
  Zona limitans intrathalamica − ++ +++
 Prosomere 2
  Dorsal thalamus − − −
  Epithalamus − + +
 Prosomere 1
  Pretectum − ++ ++
  • Low (+), moderate (++), and high (+++) levels ofreelin expression are shown. No detectable levels of expression are also indicated (−).

  1. The Journal of Neuroscience vol. 18 no. 19 7779-7799
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