The discovery of the matrix cell, the identification of the multipotent neural stem cell and the development of the central nervous system

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 205-228

  Fujita, Setsuya ^a  

^a Louis Pasteur Center for Medical Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

3H thymidine autoradiography; CNS; Development; Matrix cell; Monophyletic theory; Neural stem cell

Indexed keywords

DNA; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MOTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL WALL; CHRONOLOGY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYOLOGY; EPENDYMA CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROBLAST; NEUROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; THEORY;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA REPLICATION; EPENDYMA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

TRITIUM;

EID: 0242441492     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.28.205     Document Type: Review

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