Specification of dopaminergic and serotonergic neurons in the vertebrate CNS

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-36

  Hynes, Mary ^a   Rosenthal, Arnon ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0032966607     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(99)80004-X     Document Type: Article

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