Untangling the cortex: Advances in understanding specification and differentiation of corticospinal motor neurons

BioEssays

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-206

  Shoemaker, Lorelei D ^a   Arlotta, Paola ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Harvard University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bhlhb5; Clim1; Corticospinal motor neurons (CSMN); Crim1; Ctip2; Diap3; FACS; Fezf2; Mu Crystallin; Satb2; Sox5; Subcerebral projection neurons

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CELL POPULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 77649148667     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200900114     Document Type: Review

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