Navigating neocortical neurogenesis and neuronal specification: A positional information system encoded by neurogenetic gradients

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 40, 2007, Pages 10777-10784

  Suter, Bernhard ^a   Nowakowski, Richard S ^b   Bhide, Pradeep G ^a   Caviness, Verne S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Lhx2 expression; Neocortex; Neurogenesis; Positional information; Transverse neurogenetic gradient

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LIM PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL CYCLE; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; EMBRYO; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSITIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P27; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; ORGANOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 35148887199     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3091-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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