Changes in cerebral cortex size are governed by fibroblast growth factor during embryogenesis

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 246-253

  Vaccarino, Flora M ^a,b   Schwartz, Michael L ^b   Raballo, Rossana ^a   Nilsen, Jon ^b   Rhee, Julianne ^a   Zhou, Ming ^c   Doetschman, Thomas ^c   Coffin, J Douglas ^d   Wyland, Jason J ^a   Hung, Yu Ting Elizabeth ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MCLAUGHLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROINJECTIONS; RATS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0033363236     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/6350     Document Type: Article

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