Multiple routes to astrocytic differentiation in the CNS

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3620-3629

  Rajan, Prithi ^a   McKay, Ronald D G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytic differentiation; BMP4; CNS stem cells; CNTF; EGF; Intracellular signaling; Mammalian CNS development

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FETUS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

EID: 0032525155     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-10-03620.1998     Document Type: Article

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