Modes of neuronal migration in the developing cerebral cortex

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 423-432

  Nadarajah, Bagirathy ^a   Parnavelas, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; GLIA; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0036594138     PISSN: 14710048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn845     Document Type: Review

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