The glial identity of neural stem cells

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1127-1134

  Doetsch, Fiona ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TENASCIN;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0242321829     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1144     Document Type: Review

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