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Gene Expression Data
Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:157819 Shimogori T, et al., A genomic atlas of mouse hypothalamic development. Nat Neurosci. 2010;13(6):767-75
Assay type: RNA in situ
MGI Accession ID: MGI:4450765
Gene symbol: Lhx6
Gene name: LIM homeobox protein 6
Probe: MGC clone 85996
Probe preparation: Antisense labelled with digoxigenin RNA
Visualized with: Alkaline phosphatase
Results
Specimen 3e: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Lhx6; brown - Arx (assay MGI:4452072).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 3e Expression is present in the intrahypothalamic diagonal.
TS20: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 3e Expression is present in the tuberomammillary terminal.

Specimen 5a: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Lhx6; brown - Lhx9 (assay MGI:4452073).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 5a Expression is present in the posterior portion of the intrahypothalamic diagonal.

Specimen 5b: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Lhx6; brown - Lhx9 (assay MGI:4452073).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 5b Expression is present in the intrahypothalamic diagonal.

Specimen 6m: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Lhx6; brown - Shh (assay MGI:4452154).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 6m Expression is present in the intrahypothalamic diagonal.
TS20: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 6m Expression is present in the tuberomammillary terminal.

Specimen 6n: embryonic day 12.5; Shhtm2Amc/Shhtm2Amc, Tg(Nkx2-1-cre)2Sand/0 (more )
Note: Conditional mutant. Double labeled: blue - Lhx6; brown - Shh (assay MGI:4452154).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: hypothalamus Absent 6n There is no expression in the intrahypothalamic diagonal.
TS20: diencephalon Absent 6n There is no expression in the tuberomammillary terminal.

Specimen S4m: embryonic day 11.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Lhx6; brown - Shh (assay MGI:4452154).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS19: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted S4_m Expression is present in the posterior intrahypothalamic diagonal and the tuberomammillary terminus.

Specimen S4n: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Lhx6; brown - Shh (assay MGI:4452154).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted S4_n Expression is present in the tuberomammillary terminal.
TS20: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted S4_n Expression is present in the posterior intrahypothalamic diagonal.

Specimen S4o: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Lhx6; brown - Shh (assay MGI:4452154).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted S4_o Expression is present in the tuberomammillary terminal.
TS22: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted S4_o Expression is present in the posterior intrahypothalamic diagonal.

Specimen S4p: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Lhx6; brown - Shh (assay MGI:4452154).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted S4_p Expression is present in the tuberomammillary terminal.
TS24: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted S4_p Expression is present in the posterior intrahypothalamic diagonal.

Specimen Lhx6 - E11.5: embryonic day 11.5 (more )
Note: Specimen was also hybridized with a fluorescein-labeled Shh probe (MGI:2110655; detected with TBT/BCIP). The results are reported in Supp. Table 4, whose legend includes a key to the abbreviations used and more fully details the regions examined.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS19: diencephalon lateral wall mantle layer Very strong Non-Uniform Lhx6-Shh E11.5-coronal , Lhx6-Shh E11.5-sagittal There is very strong staining in the MZ of posterior ID & the TT. Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the MZ of the dorsal thalamus, prethalamus, dorsal & ventral POAs, the PVH, VMH & ARH nuclei, the AVH, anterior ID & premam, mam & supramam zones.
TS19: diencephalon lateral wall ventricular layer Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E11.5-coronal , Lhx6-Shh E11.5-sagittal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the ventricular zone of the dorsal thalamus, the prethalamus, dorsal and ventral POAs, the PVH, VMH and ARH nuclei, the AVH, the anterior and posterior IDs, the premam, mam and supramam zones and the TT.
TS19: telencephalon mantle layer Very strong Non-Uniform Lhx6-Shh E11.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E11.5-coronal There is very strong staining in the mantle zone of the ganglionic eminences. Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the postmitotic neurons in the intermediate zone and cortical plate of the cerebral cortex.
TS19: telencephalon ventricular layer Very strong Non-Uniform Lhx6-Shh E11.5-coronal , Lhx6-Shh E11.5-sagittal There is very strong staining in the ventricular zone of the ganglionic eminences. Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the ventricular zone of the cerebral cortex.

Specimen Lhx6 - E12.5: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Specimen was also hybridized with a fluorescein-labeled Shh probe (MGI:2110655; detected with TBT/BCIP). The results are reported in Supp. Table 4, whose legend includes a key to the abbreviations used and more fully details the regions examined.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: cerebral cortex intermediate zone Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E12.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E12.5-coronal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the postmitotic neurons in the intermediate zone of the cerebral cortex.
TS20: cerebral cortex ventricular layer Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E12.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E12.5-coronal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the ventricular zone of the cerebral cortex.
TS20: cortical plate Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E12.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E12.5-coronal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the postmitotic neurons in the cortical plate of the cerebral cortex.
TS20: diencephalon mantle layer Very strong Non-Uniform Lhx6-Shh E12.5-coronal , Lhx6-Shh E12.5-sagittal There is very strong staining in the mantle zone of the TT. Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the mantle zone of the premam, mam and supramam zones.
TS20: diencephalon ventricular layer Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E12.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E12.5-coronal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the ventricular zone of the premam, mam and supramam zones and the TT.
TS20: ganglionic eminence Very strong Lhx6-Shh E12.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E12.5-coronal There is very strong staining in the ventricular and mantle zones of the ganglionic eminences.
TS20: hypothalamus mantle layer Very strong Non-Uniform Lhx6-Shh E12.5-coronal , Lhx6-Shh E12.5-sagittal There is very strong staining in the mantle zone of the posterior ID and strong staining in the dorsal POA. Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the mantle zone of the ventral POA, the PVH, VMH and ARH nuclei, the AVH and anterior ID.
TS20: hypothalamus ventricular layer Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E12.5-coronal , Lhx6-Shh E12.5-sagittal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the ventricular zone of the dorsal and ventral POAs, the PVH, VMH and ARH nuclei, the AVH and anterior and posterior IDs.
TS20: thalamus mantle layer Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E12.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E12.5-coronal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the mantle zone of the dorsal thalamus and prethalamus.
TS20: thalamus ventricular layer Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E12.5-coronal , Lhx6-Shh E12.5-sagittal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the ventricular zone of the dorsal thalamus and prethalamus.

Specimen Lhx6 - E14.5: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Specimen was also hybridized with a fluorescein-labeled Shh probe (MGI:2110655; detected with TBT/BCIP). The results are reported in Supp. Table 4, whose legend includes a key to the abbreviations used and more fully details the regions examined.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: cerebral cortex intermediate zone Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E14.5-coronal , Lhx6-Shh E14.5-sagittal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the postmitotic neurons in the intermediate zone of the cerebral cortex.
TS22: cerebral cortex ventricular layer Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E14.5-coronal , Lhx6-Shh E14.5-sagittal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the ventricular zone of the cerebral cortex.
TS22: cortical plate Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E14.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E14.5-coronal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the postmitotic neurons in the cortical plate of the cerebral cortex.
TS22: diencephalon mantle layer Very strong Non-Uniform Lhx6-Shh E14.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E14.5-coronal There is very strong staining in the mantle zone of the TT. Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the mantle zone of the premam, mam and supramam zones.
TS22: diencephalon ventricular layer Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E14.5-coronal , Lhx6-Shh E14.5-sagittal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the ventricular zone of the premam, mam and supramam zones and the TT.
TS22: ganglionic eminence Very strong Lhx6-Shh E14.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E14.5-coronal There is very strong staining in the ventricular and mantle zones of the ganglionic eminences.
TS22: hypothalamus mantle layer Very strong Non-Uniform Lhx6-Shh E14.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E14.5-coronal There is very strong staining in the mantle zone of the dorsal POA and posterior ID. Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the mantle zone of the ventral POAs the PVH, VMH and ARH nuclei, the AVH and anterior ID.
TS22: hypothalamus ventricular layer Very strong Non-Uniform Lhx6-Shh E14.5-coronal , Lhx6-Shh E14.5-sagittal There is very strong staining in the ventricular zone of the dorsal POA. Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the ventricular zone of the ventral POAs, the PVH, VMH and ARH nuclei, the AVH and anterior and posterior IDs.
TS22: thalamus mantle layer Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E14.5-coronal , Lhx6-Shh E14.5-sagittal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the mantle zone of the dorsal thalamus and prethalamus.
TS22: thalamus ventricular layer Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E14.5-coronal , Lhx6-Shh E14.5-sagittal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the ventricular zone of the dorsal thalamus and prethalamus.

Specimen Lhx6 - E16.5: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Specimen was also hybridized with a fluorescein-labeled Shh probe (MGI:2110655; detected with TBT/BCIP). The results are reported in Supp. Table 4, whose legend includes a key to the abbreviations used and more fully details the regions examined.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: cerebral cortex intermediate zone Moderate Lhx6-Shh E16.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E16.5-coronal There is moderate staining in the postmitotic neurons in the intermediate zone of the cerebral cortex.
TS24: cerebral cortex ventricular layer Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E16.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E16.5-coronal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the ventricular zone of the cerebral cortex.
TS24: cortical plate Moderate Lhx6-Shh E16.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E16.5-coronal There is moderate staining in the postmitotic neurons in the cortical plate of the cerebral cortex.
TS24: diencephalon mantle layer Very strong Non-Uniform Lhx6-Shh E16.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E16.5-coronal There is very strong staining in the mantle zone of the premam zone. Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the mantle zone of the mam and supramam zone.
TS24: diencephalon ventricular layer Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E16.5-coronal , Lhx6-Shh E16.5-sagittal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the ventricular zone of the premam, mam and supramam zones.
TS24: ganglionic eminence Very strong Lhx6-Shh E16.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E16.5-coronal There is very strong staining in the ventricular and mantle zones of the ganglionic eminences.
TS24: hypothalamus mantle layer Very strong Non-Uniform Lhx6-Shh E16.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E16.5-coronal There is very strong staining in the mantle zone of the dorsal POA and the PH. Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the mantle zone of the ventral POA, the PVH, SCH, DMH, VMH and ARH nuclei, the AVH and the DAH.
TS24: hypothalamus ventricular layer Very strong Non-Uniform Lhx6-Shh E16.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E16.5-coronal There is very strong staining in the ventricular zone of the dorsal POA. Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the ventricular zone of the ventral POA, the PVH, SCH, DMH, VMH and ARH nuclei, the AVH, the DAH and the PH.
TS24: thalamus mantle layer Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E16.5-sagittal , Lhx6-Shh E16.5-coronal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the mantle zone of the dorsal thalamus and prethalamus.
TS24: thalamus ventricular layer Ambiguous Lhx6-Shh E16.5-coronal , Lhx6-Shh E16.5-sagittal Staining is either absent or ubiquitous in the ventricular zone of the dorsal thalamus and prethalamus.


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