Mechanism of neurogenesis during the embryonic development of a tunicate

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 412, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 527-541

  Manni, L ^a   Lane, N J ^b   Sorrentino, M ^a   Zaniolo, G ^a   Burighel, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Cerebral ganglion; Hypophysis; Neural crest; Neural gland; Placodes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BRAIN GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0033610225     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990927)412:3<527::AID-CNE11>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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