title: Screening for genes that wire the cerebral cortex.
abstract: Thalamocortical projections convey visual, somatosensory and auditory information to the cerebral cortex. A recent report in Neural Development shows how a forward genetic screen has enabled the identification of novel mutations affecting specific decision points of thalamocortical axon pathfinding.
authors.affiliation: Ecole Normale Supérieure, Institut de Biologie de l'ENS, IBENS, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Ludmilla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lokmane
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000254:growth & development*; D050437:Genes, Developmental; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009154:Mutation; D013788:Thalamus / Q000502:physiology