Regionalization in the mammalian telencephalon

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-69

  Fishell, Gord ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0031050049     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80121-3     Document Type: Article

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