Ephrin signalling controls brain size by regulating apoptosis of neural progenitors

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7046, 2005, Pages 1244-1250

  Depaepe, Vanessa ^a   Suarez Gonzalez, Nathalie ^a   Dufour, Audrey ^a   Passante, Lara ^a   Gorski, Jessica A ^b   Jones, Kevin R ^b   Ledent, Catherine ^a   Vanderhaeghen, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISSOCIATION; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

CELL APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPHRIN;

NEUROLOGY;

CASPASE 3; EPHRIN; EPHRIN A5; EPHRIN A7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

NEUROLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; GENE DISRUPTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR GENE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; EPHRIN-A5; EPHRINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 21744443473     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03651     Document Type: Article

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