Fig. 7. Her5-GFP-positive newborn tegmental neurons originate from cells
proliferating at adulthood. (A-F) Sagittal section (anterior is to
the left) of a 5-month-old brain stained for Her5-GFP (green), Hu (red) and
BrdU (blue), 2 months after a cumulative BrdU labelling. (A) Overview of the
tegmental region containing differentiated Her5-GFP-positive cells. (B-F)
Higher magnifications of the same section. The arrow in B points to a cell in
the tegmentum triply labelled for Hu, BrdU and GFP, indicating that this
neuron is deriving from a Her5-expressing cell and was generated 2 months
earlier. The single channels of this confocal plane are depicted in D-F. (C)
Higher magnification of the same triple-labelled cell. (G) Summary
scheme of the IPZ area (as in Fig.
1J, Fig. 2H,
Fig. 3F), depicting the
tegmental neurons (Hu staining, purple) generated by Her5-expressing
progenitor cells. Scale bars: 100 µm in A; 10 µm in B,C.