Cell production and cell death in the generation of variation in neuron number

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 9948-9953

  Strom, Richelle C ^a   Williams, Robert W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept of Anatomy and Neurobiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Genetic variation; Neurogenesis; Nnc1; Retinal development; Retinal ganglion cell; Strain variation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOME 11; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH CONE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032402137     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-23-09948.1998     Document Type: Article

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