Normal ventral telencephalic expression of Pax6 is required for normal development of thalamocortical axons in embryonic mice

Abstract

These findings indicate that ventral telencephalic Pax6 is important for formation of the Islet1-expressing corridor and the thalamic and cortical axons that grow through it. We suggest that Pax6 might affect thalamic axonal growth indirectly via its effect on the corridor.