Flexibility of neural stem cells

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn APR, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Remboutsika, Eumorphia ^a   Elkouris, Maximilianos ^a   Iulianella, Angelo ^b,f   Andoniadou, Cynthia L ^c,g   Poulou, Maria ^a,h   Mitsiadis, Thimios A ^d   Trainor, Paul A ^b,e   Lovell Badge, Robin ^c  

^a BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTER ALEXANDER FLEMING   (Greece)

^b STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gliogenesis; Neural crest; Neural stem cell; Neurogenesis; Radial glia; Self renewal; Sox genes; Stem cell niche

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858837678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2011.00016     Document Type: Article

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