Molecular mechanisms controlling brain development: An overview of neuroepithelial secondary organizers

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-20

  Vieira, Claudia ^a   Pombero, Ana ^a   García Lopez, Raquel ^a   Gimeno, Lourdes ^a   Echevarria, Diego ^a   Martínez, Salvador ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anterior neural ridge; Gastrulation; Isthmic organizer; Neural plate; Neural tube; Neurulation; Patterning; Secondary organizer; Zona limitans intrathalamica

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CHORDIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FOLLISTATIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 6; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NOGGIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VITRONECTIN;

BIRD; BLASTODERM; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOGENETICS; DIENCEPHALON; ECTODERM; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; ENDODERM; EPIDERMIS; FOREBRAIN; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIA CELL; HISTOGENESIS; HOX GENE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MESENCEPHALON; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEUROMERE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; RED NUCLEUS; REGIONALIZATION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE; SPINAL CORD; TELENCEPHALON; TELEOST; THALAMUS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AVES; MAMMALIA; SAUROPSIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 74249116918     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.092853cv     Document Type: Review

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