... , in the differentiation of GABAergic neuron subpopulations in three diencephalic prosomeres: prethalamus (P3), thalamus (P2) and pretectum (P1). Although the different proliferative progenitor populations of GABAergic neurons commonly express Ascl1 , they have distinct requirements for it in promotion of cell-cycle exit...

... and eyes, the ventrally positioned hypothalamus, and the more caudally located diencephalon[from rostral to caudal: the prethalamus, the zona limitans intrathalamica(ZLI), the thalamus and the pretectum]. Although antagonizing Wnt proteins are known to establish the identity of the telencephalon and eyes...

... of Fez and Fezl is required for the formation of diencephalon subdivisions. The caudal forebrain can be divided into three transverse subdivisions: prethalamus (also called ventral thalamus), thalamus (dorsal thalamus) and pretectum. Fez;Fezl -deficient mice showed a complete loss of prethalamus...