Developmental expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 and vascular endothelial growth factor C in forebrain

VEGFC and VEGFR3 immunohistochemical expression peaks in neurons and neural stem cells during the embryonic period in the neurogenic stage of rat neurodevelopment and subsequently declines (full lines), with a second wave of increasing expression seen predominantly in association with astrocytes in the postnatal period (dashed lines).119