Mechanisms of cerebral cortical patterning in mice and humans

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 11s, 2001, Pages 1199-1206

  Monuki, Edwin S ^a,b,c   Walsh, Christopher A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO INDUCTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0035512780     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn752     Document Type: Review

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