Development, specification, and diversity of callosal projection neurons

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-50

  Fame, Ryann M ^a,b,c   MacDonald, Jessica L ^a,b,c   Macklis, Jeffrey D ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Harvard University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALLOSAL PROJECTION NEURON; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMANS; NEURONS;

EID: 78650745174     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2010.10.002     Document Type: Review

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