Turning Heads: Development of Vertebrate Branchiomotor Neurons

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-161

  Chandrasekhar, Anand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Axon guidance; Branchial arch; Cranial; Hindbrain; Motor neuron; Neuronal migration; Rhombomere; Segmentation; Specification

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; NETRIN; SEMAPHORIN;

BRAIN STEM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CRANIAL NERVES; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; STEM CELLS; VERTEBRATES;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346156105     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10444     Document Type: Review

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