Increased neuronal production, enlarged forebrains and cytoarchitectural distortions in β-catenin overexpressing transgenic mice

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 599-606

  Chenn, Anjen ^a   Walsh, Christopher A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FOREBRAIN; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0038662778     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/13.6.599     Document Type: Article

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