Gap junction adhesion is necessary for radial migration in the neocortex

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7156, 2007, Pages 901-907

  Elias, Laura A B ^a   Wang, Doris D ^a   Kriegstein, Arnold R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43;

BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DOWN REGULATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; MIGRATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34548186903     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06063     Document Type: Article

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