Generating GABAergic cerebral cortical interneurons from mouse and human embryonic stem cells

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 416-426

  Goulburn, Adam L ^a   Stanley, Edouard G ^b   Elefanty, Andrew G ^b   Anderson, Stewart A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPILEPSY; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 84859214604     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: 18767753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2011.12.002     Document Type: Review

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