Neurogenin2 regulates the initial axon guidance of cortical pyramidal neurons projecting medially to the corpus callosum

Neural Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hand, Randal ^a,b   Polleux, Franck ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROG2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BRAIN CORTEX; C57BL MOUSE; CELL MOTION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 80052033834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-6-30     Document Type: Article

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