Isthmus organizer for midbrain and hindbrain development

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 120-126

  Nakamura, Harukazu ^a   Katahira, Tatsuya ^a   Matsunaga, Eiji ^a,b   Sato, Tatsuya ^a,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fgf8; Hindbrain; Isthmus; Midbrain; Organizer; Ras ERK pathway; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBELLUM; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULE; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; OPTIC TECTUM; ORGANOGENESIS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESENCEPHALON; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 23844467826     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2004.10.005     Document Type: Review

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