Article Information
- Received October 11, 2000
- Revision received January 3, 2001
- Accepted January 4, 2001
- First published April 1, 2001.
- Version of record published April 1, 2001.
Author Information
- 1Division of Brain Function, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan,
- 2Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology and
- 3Core Research for Evolution Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan,
- 4Division of Biological Science, Nagoya University Graduate School of Science, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan,
- 5Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, and
- 6Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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Disclosures
- Received October 11, 2000.
- Revision received January 3, 2001.
- Accepted January 4, 2001.
T.H. acknowledges the support by grants from the Ministry of Education and Science and Culture, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, and Core Research for Evolution Science and Technology of Japan Science and Technology Corporation. Y. R. and J.Y.W. acknowledge support from the National Institutes of Health and the John Merck Fund. We thank Dr. Kensuke Nakahira of the National Institute for Physiological Science and Dr. Takayoshi Inoue of the National Institute of Neuroscience for helpful advice, and Dr. Yasushi Hiromi of the National Institute of Genetics for critical reading of this manuscript.
Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Tatsumi Hirata, Division of Brain Function, National Institute of Genetics, Yata 1111, Mishima 411-8540, Japan. E-mail: tathirat{at}lab.nig.ac.jp.