Developmental mechanisms patterning thalamocortical projections: Intrinsic, extrinsic and in between

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 384-391

  Vanderhaeghen, Pierre ^a   Polleux, Franck ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; COCULTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FRONTAL CORTEX; INNERVATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; THALAMUS;

EID: 3042634755     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2004.05.009     Document Type: Review

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