Area and layer patterning in the developing cerebral cortex

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-34

  Rash, Brian G ^a   Grove, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEOCORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SPECIES; TIME; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NEURONS;

EID: 32344431637     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2006.01.004     Document Type: Review

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