In utero electroporation was performed as described previously (Ka and Kim 2018 (link); Ka et al. 2016a (link)). Briefly, timed pregnant female mice from E13.5 of gestation were deeply anesthetized, and the uterine horns were gently exposed by laparotomy. The lateral ventricles of an embryonic brain were injected with plasmid DNA (2 μg/μl) and 0.001% fast green (Sigma-Aldrich) using a Picospritzer II (Parker Hannifin). Electroporation was achieved by placing two sterile forceps-type electrodes on opposing sides of the uterine sac around the embryonic head and applying a series of short electrical pulses using a BTX ECM 830 electroporator (Harvard Apparatus) (five pulses with 100 ms length separated by 900 ms intervals were applied at 45 V).