Neuronal migration disorders in humans and in mouse models - An overview

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 133-141

  Copp, Andrew J ^a   Harding, Brian N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Lissencephaly; Mutant genes; Neuroblasts; Neuronal migration disorders; Reelin

Indexed keywords

AGYRIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MICROGYRIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; NEURONS;

EID: 0032853238     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(99)00047-9     Document Type: Article

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