Cajal-Retzius cells, Reelin, and the formation of layers

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 570-575

  Frotscher, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; REELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ADHESION; CELL MATURATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GENE MUTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLASMATIC ASTROCYTE; REVIEW;

EID: 0032191870     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(98)80082-2     Document Type: Article

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