About the Authors

Yukako Yokota

Affiliation UNC Neuroscience Center and the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

H. T. Ghashghaei

Current address: Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation UNC Neuroscience Center and the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Christine Han

Affiliation UNC Neuroscience Center and the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Hannah Watson

Affiliation UNC Neuroscience Center and the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Kenneth J. Campbell

Affiliation Developmental Biology Program, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

E.S. Anton

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: anton@med.unc.edu

Affiliation UNC Neuroscience Center and the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EA YY. Performed the experiments: EA YY HG CH. Analyzed the data: EA YY HG CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KC. Wrote the paper: EA YY HG CH KC. Other: Conducted most of the experiments: YY. Wrote the manuscript: YY. Collaboratively worked with the first author on the in vivo two-photon imaging of interneuronal migration in living embryos: HG. Contributed to the immunohistochemical analysis of distinct interneuronal subsets in the embryonic cortex: CH. Helped to analyze migration patterns of distinct interneuronal subsets in the embryonic cortex: HW. Generated the Dlx5/6-cre-IRES-EGFP mice used in the study: KC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KC. Principal Investigator of the laboratory: EA. Contributed to data analysis: EA. Contributed to writing of the manuscript: EA.