Chordate origins of the vertebrate central nervous system

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 596-602

  Holland, Linda Z ^a   Holland, Nicholas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIENCEPHALON; INVERTEBRATE; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CORD; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0032873768     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(99)00003-3     Document Type: Review

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