Cerebral cortex development: From progenitors patterning to neocortical size during evolution

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-342

  Pierani, Alessandra ^a   Wassef, Marion ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Cross repression; Evolution; Neocortex; Progenitor domains; Size

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; MITOGENIC AGENT; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACT SHH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COORDINATION; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH CURVE; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG DISTANCE MIGRANT; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 64849109613     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2009.01095.x     Document Type: Review

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