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Fig. 4. Photomicrographs of transverse sections through the developing Xenopus forebrain illustrating the x-Shh expression in late premetamorphic larvae (a–k) and in the adult (l–n). The most rostral x-Shh expression was found in a small ventricular territory in the commissural preoptic area (a) that extends caudally along the ventricle in the preoptic area (b), where some scattered cells were located laterally (arrowheads). The expression continues caudally in the zona limitans intrathalamica and suprachiasmatic region (c–e) and extends into the prethalamus, mammillary band and tuberal hypothalamus (f–h). In the caudal diencephalon, x-Shh expression was located in the posterior tubercle and prerubral tegmental region (i, j) and continues caudally into the ventral mesencephalon (k). x-Shh expression in the adult was shown in the ventricular zone of the preoptic area (l), the suprachiasmatic region (m) and the tuberal hypothalamus (n). Scale bars = 100 μm (a–k, n) and 50 μm (a′, f′, l, m). Image published in: Domínguez L et al. (2010) Copyright © 2010. Image reproduced with permission of the Publisher, Elsevier B. V. Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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