New directions for neuronal migration

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-54

  Pearlman, Alan L ^a   Faust, Phyllis L ^b   Hatten, Mary E ^c   Brunstrom, Janice E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031921305     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(98)80007-X     Document Type: Article

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