Spatial and temporal expression of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) in fetal and adult human cerebral cortex

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-136

  Yaba, Aylin ^a   Kayisli, Umit ^b   Tanriover, Gamze ^a   Demir, Necdet ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Human; Modeling; VASP

Indexed keywords

VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79951581329     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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