Patterns of gene expression in the neural plate and neural tube subdivide the embryonic forebrain into transverse and longitudinal domains

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 88-96

  Shimamura, Kenji ^a   Maninez, Salvador ^b   Puriles, Luis ^b   Rubenstein, John L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axis; Brain development; Forebrain; Hedgehog; Homeobox genes; Neuromere; Pattern formation; Prechordal plate; Prosencephalon

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HEDGEHOG; HOMEOBOX; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031050372     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111190     Document Type: Article

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