How neurons migrate: A dynamic in-silico model of neuronal migration in the developing cortex

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Setty, Yaki ^a,b   Chen, Chih Chun ^c   Secrier, Maria ^d   Skoblov, Nikita ^e   Kalamatianos, Dimitrios ^f   Emmott, Stephen ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^e MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DOUBLECORTIN PROTEIN; LIS 1 PROTEIN, RAT; LIS-1 PROTEIN, RAT; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL MOVEMENT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 80053380345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-5-154     Document Type: Article

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