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NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
Volume 60, Issue 4, Pages 457-459Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2008.01.002
Keywords
cortical area; cortical map; transcription factor; visual cortex; proliferation; pyramidal tract
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Subcortical projection from layer 5 neurons is the major cortical output. A transcription factor, Otx1, which is expressed in the layer 5 subcortical projection neurons in the visual cortex, was reported to be responsible for the establishment of visual area-specific layer 5 subcortical projections by inducing the sensorimotor cortex to adopt a visual cortex identity. However, we here demonstrate that the area of corticospinal neurons shifted caudo-medially in the Otx1-null mice of which cortex is 9 tenths in size compared with that of the wild-type littermates, while the whole visual cortex did not convert to the sensorimotor cortex in the absence of Otx1. This suggests that Otx1 is not crucial for the development of visual cortex identity but for the determination of the proportion of cortical areas to the whole neocortex. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd and the Japan Neuroscience Society. All rights reserved.
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