Figure 4

EphrinA5 protein expression in E16.5 embryonic mouse brain. EphrinA5 protein distribution is represented on coronal sections in a rostro-caudal sequence (panels a to r) and on sagittal sections in a medio-lateral sequence (panels s to u). At 16.5, ephrinA5 protein was strongly expressed in the telencephalon (panels a, b, c, d, e, j, s, u) diencephalon (panels g, i, j, l, o, u) mesencephalon (panels m, n, t) and metencephalon (panels r, p) excepted in the retrosplenial (panel f) and piriform (panel h) cortices, in the hippocampus (panel j) in the preoptic area (panel l) and in the isthmus (panel p) where the expression was moderate. In the lateral ganglionic eminence, ephrinA5 protein was expressed in a ventral and rostral (high) to dorsal and caudal (low) gradient (arrowheads in panels e and u). In panel i and u, arrowheads represent a ventral and rostral (high) to dorsal and caudal (low) gradient in the thalamus and in panel t, a caudal (high) to rostral (low) gradient in the inferior colliculus. Scale bar: panels a, k, q: 75 μm; panels b, d, n: 350 μm: panels c, e, o, r: 200 μm; panels f, l, t: 150 μm; panels g, h, i, j, p: 300 μm; panels m, u: 400 μm. Abbreviations: see list.