The generation and diversification of spinal motor neurons: Signals and responses

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1103-1115

  Price, Stephen R ^a   Briscoe, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chick; Extrinsic factors; Intrinsic factors; Motor neurons; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; HOX GENE; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; MOTOR NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3543050006     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.04.019     Document Type: Review

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