The mathematics of neocortical neuronogenesis

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-22

  Takahashi, T ^a,b   Nowakowski, R S ^c   Caviness, V S ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Mouse; Neocortical histogenesis; Proliferation; Pseudostratified ventricular epithelium; Q fraction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPITHELIUM; HISTOGENESIS; MATHEMATICS; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031051788     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111179     Document Type: Article

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