Wnt genes define distinct boundaries in the developing human brain: Implications for human forebrain patterning

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 474, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 276-288

  Abu Khaklil, A ^a   Fu, L ^a   Grove, E A ^b   Zecevic, N ^c   Geschwind, Daniel H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Cortical hem; DVL2; Habenula; Human fetal brain; Pineal gland; WNT2b; WNT7b

Indexed keywords

OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FETUS; FOREBRAIN; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HABENULA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TELENCEPHALON; VERTEBRATE; WNT GENE; WNT2B GENE; WNT7B GENE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2542559015     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20112     Document Type: Article

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