The hedgehog pathway and neurological disorders

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue , 2006, Pages 539-563

  Dellovade, Tammy ^a   Romer, Justyna T ^b   Curran, Tom ^b   Rubin, Lee L ^a  

^a CURIS INC   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Medulloblastoma; Neuroprotection; Smoothened; Stem cells; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; APOMORPHINE; CYCLOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GROWTH FACTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; METABOLISM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 33748342931     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.29.051605.112858     Document Type: Review

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