Neuronal migration mechanisms in development and disease

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-78

  Valiente, Manuel ^a   Marín, Oscar ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

AGYRIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOLOGY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MICROGYRIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PACHYGYRIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; NEURONAL MIGRATION DISORDERS; NEURONS;

EID: 77049125263     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2009.12.003     Document Type: Review

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