Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) isoform regulation of early forebrain development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 358, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-22

  Darland, Diane C ^d   Cain, Jacob T ^d   Berosik, Matthew A ^d   Saint Geniez, Magali ^a   Odens, Patrick W ^d   Schaubhut, Geoffrey J ^d,f   Frisch, Sarah ^d   Stemmer Rachamimov, Anat ^c   Darland, Tristan ^d,e   D'Amore, Patricia A ^a,b  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^e Turtle Mountain Community College   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Forebrain; Neural development; Neurogenesis; Telencephalon; VEGF isoforms

Indexed keywords

EOMESODERMIN; NESTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN 120 ISOFORM; VASCULOTROPIN 164 ISOFORM; VASCULOTROPIN 188 ISOFORM;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMAL; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WILD TYPE;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 80052613614     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.06.045     Document Type: Article

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