Genes and signaling events that establish regional patterning of the mammalian forebrain

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 378-386

  Hoch, Renée V ^a   Rubenstein, John L R ^a   Pleasure, Sam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Forebrain; Patterning; Regionalization; Review

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GENE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TELENCEPHALON;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 67649264419     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.02.005     Document Type: Review

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