The shark alar hypothalamus: molecular characterization of prosomeric subdivisions and evolutionary trends.

• Main Authors: Gabriel Nicolas Santos-Durán (Author), Susana Ferreiro-Galve (Author), Arnaud Menuet (Author), Idoia Quintana-Urzainqui (Author), Sylvie Mazan (Author), Isabel Rodríguez-Moldes (Author), Eva Candal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The hypothalamus is an important physiologic center of the vertebrate brain involved in the elaboration of individual and species survival responses. To better understand the ancestral organization of the alar hypothalamus we revisit previous data on ScOtp, ScDlx2/5, ScTbr1, ScNkx2.1 expression and...