Gap junctions: multifaceted regulators of embryonic cortical development

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 243-250

  Elias, Laura A B ^a   Kriegstein, Arnold R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45;

BRAIN CORTEX; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GAP JUNCTIONS; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 42749085966     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2008.02.007     Document Type: Review

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