Neuroepithelial secondary organizers and cell fate specification in the developing brain

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-191

  Echevarría, Diego ^a   Vieira, Claudia ^a   Gimeno, Lourdes ^a   Martínez, Salvador ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anterior neural ridge; Brain development; Isthmic organizer; Regionalization; Zona limitans

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL FATE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HISTOGENESIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0142138668     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2003.08.002     Document Type: Review

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