From radial glia to pyramidal-projection neuron: Transcription factor cascades in cerebral cortex development

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-50

  Hevner, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal progenitor; Intermediate progenitor cell; Pax6; Subventricular zone; Tbr1; Tbr2; Ventricular zone

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CELL CYCLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEM CELL;

EID: 29844439285     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/mn:33:1:033     Document Type: Review

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