Table 1.

List of primary antibodies

Antigen	Antigen details	Host	Clonality	Dilution	Supplier	Catalog no.	Purification method	Reference/specificity
CCK	Gastrin-17	Mouse	Monoclonal	1:1000	Dr. G. Ohning (CURE, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA)	9303	Ascites fluids	Recognizes gastrin and CCK, but gastrin is absent of telencephalon (Ohning et al., 1996)
CR	Recombinant rat calretinin	Rabbit	Polyclonal	1:1000	Millipore	AB5054	Antiserum	Western blot shows a single band at 32 kDa molecular weight (manufacturer). Labeling pattern as published in previous reports (Fonseca et al., 1995)
CoupTFII	Recombinant human COUP-TF II (amino acids 43–64)	Mouse	Monoclonal	1:200	Perseus Proteomics; clone H7147	PP-H7147-00	Ascites fluids	Tested by Western blot and KO animal (Qin et al., 2007)
GFP	Recombinant GFP	Chicken	Polyclonal	1:2000	Aves Labs	GFP-1020	IgY fraction	No immunohistochemistry signal can be detected from the GFP-negative Cre+;Z/EG^−/− mouse tissue
PV	Purified frog muscle parvalbumin	Mouse	Monoclonal	1:1000	Sigma-Aldrich; clone PARV-19	P3088	Ascites fluids	Labeling pattern as with rabbit antiserum (Swant; PV-28) (Kubota et al., 2011)
PV	Rat muscle parvalbumin	Rabbit	Polyclonal	1:1000	Swant	PV-28	Antiserum	No labeling in KO mouse (Schwaller et al., 1999)
M2R	Amino acids 225–359	Rat	Monoclonal	1:500	Millipore; clone M2-2-B3	MAB367	Protein A purified	Levey et al., 1995
nNOS	Recombinant human neuronal nitric oxide synthase	Rabbit	Polyclonal	1:1000	Millipore	AB5380	Peptide affinity chromatography	Labeling pattern as published with other antibodies (Fuentealba et al., 2008)
Reelin	Recombinant reelin amino acids 164–496	Mouse	Monoclonal	1:1000	Millipore; clone G10	MAB5364	Protein A purified	Recognizes the H epitope near the N terminus of the protein (de Bergeyck et al., 1998). No staining in the reeler mouse (de Bergeyck et al., 1997)
SOM	Synthetic cyclic (1–14) somatostatin conjugated to bovine thyroglobulin	Rat	Monoclonal	1:200	Millipore; clone YC7	MAB354	Culture supernatant	Labeling pattern as published with other antibodies (Eyre et al., 2009)
SOM	Same as the rat antibody	Rabbit	Polyclonal	1:500	Dako	A0566	Antiserum	Labeling pattern as published with the rat antibody (our observation)
VIP	Porcine VIP	Guinea pig	Polyclonal	1:1000	Peninsula Laboratories	T-5030	Antiserum	Labeling pattern as published with other antibodies (Eyre et al., 2009)