LIM homeobox protein 5 (Lhx5) is essential for mamillary body development

• Main Authors: Amaya eMiquelajauregui (Author), Teresa eSandoval-Schaefer (Author), Miriam eMartinez-Armenta (Author), Leonor ePérez-Martínez (Author), Alfonso eCárabez (Author), Yangu eZhao (Author), Michael eHeide (Author), Gonzalo eAlvarez-Bolado (Author), Alfredo eVarela-Echavarria (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The mamillary body (MM) is a group of hypothalamic nuclei related to memory and spatial navigation that interconnects hippocampal, thalamic, and tegmental regions. Here we demonstrate that Lhx5, a LIM-HD domain transcription factor expressed early in the developing posterior hypothalamus, is require...