Dividing precursor cells of the embryonic cortical ventricular zone have morphological and molecular characteristics of radial glia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3161-3173

  Noctor, Stephen C ^a   Flint, Alexander C ^a   Weissman, Tamily A ^a   Wong, Winston S ^a   Clinton, Brian K ^a   Kriegstein, Arnold R ^a  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cortex; Development; Electrophysiology; Neurogenesis; Neuronal precursor; Radial glia; Ventricular zone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL;

EID: 0037092422     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-08-03161.2002     Document Type: Article

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