Stage- and area-specific control of stem cells in the developing nervous system

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 454-460

  Falk, Sven ^a   Sommer, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CLONING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETIC REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MESENCEPHALON; MESENCHYME CELL; MITOSIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; STEM CELLS;

EID: 71849114542     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2009.08.002     Document Type: Review

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