Neural differentiation from human embryonic stem cells as a tool to study early brain development and the neuroteratogenic effects of ethanol

Stem Cells and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 327-339

  Taléns Visconti, Raquel ^a   Sanchez Vera, Irene ^a   Kostic, Jelena ^a   Perez Arago, Maria Amparo ^a   Erceg, Slaven ^a   Stojkovic, Miodrag ^a,b   Guerri, Consuelo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^b Medical School   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACTIN; ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NESTIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOSKELETON; DEGRADATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEUROTOXICITY; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERATOGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; NEURONS; TERATOGENS;

EID: 78951487307     PISSN: 15473287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/scd.2010.0037     Document Type: Article

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