The cortical ancestry of oligodendrocytes: Common principles and novel features

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 217-233

  Noble, M ^a   Arhin, A ^a   Gass, D ^a   Mayer Proschel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Glial restricted precursor cell; Myelination; Neural stem cell; O 2A progenitor cell; Oligodendrocyte; Oligodendrocyte precursor cell; Precursor cell

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPTIC TRACT; PEDUNCULAR ANSA; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0042413757     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072270     Document Type: Review

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