TITLE PAGE Precerebellar cell groups in the hindbrain of the mouse defined by retrograde tracing and correlated with cumulative Wnt1-Cre genetic labeling YuHong Fua, Petr Tvrdikb, Nadja Makkib, George Paxinosa,c, and Charles Watsona,d aNeuroscience Research Australia, NSW 2031, Australia bDepartment of Human Genetics, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA cSchool of Medical Science, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia dFaculty of Health Science, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia Corresponding author: Charles Watson Postal Address: Professor Charles Watson Curtin University Shenton Park Health Research Campus GPO Box U1987 Perth, Western Australia 6845 Contact Details: Tel: +61 8 92661740 Fax: +61 8 92661650 E-Mail:
[email protected] 25 pages of text, 1 table, 5 pages of figures 1 Conflict of Interest Statement The authors of this manuscript have no potential conflict of interest in the submission. The manuscript has not been published before and is not under consideration anywhere else. The publication has been approved by all co-authors. 2 1Precerebellar cell groups in the hindbrain of the mouse defined by retrograde tracing and correlated with cumulative Wnt1-Cre genetic labeling Abstract The precerebellar nuclei are hindbrain and spinal cord centers that send fibers to the cerebellum. The neurons of the major hindbrain precerebellar nuclei are derived from the rhombic lip. Wnt1, a developmentally important gene involved in intercellular signalling, is expressed in the developing rhombic lip. We sought to investigate the relationship between the cell clusters expressing Wnt1 and the precerebellar nuclei in the hindbrain. We therefore defined the hindbrain precerebellar nuclei by retrograde tracing, following cerebellar injections of HRP, and compared these results with the cell clusters expressing Wnt1 in newborn mice.