Developmental determinants of the independence and complexity of the enteric nervous system

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 446-456

  Gershon, Michael D ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN 2; ENDOTHELIN 3; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LAMININ; NETRIN; PROTEIN RET;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; COLON AGANGLIONOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GENE MUTATION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; ENDOTHELIN-3; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; MUTATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURAL CREST; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 77957018570     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2010.06.002     Document Type: Review

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