Neuronal subtype specification in the cerebellum and dorsal hindbrain

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-326

  Hoshino, Mikio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cochlear nucelus; Hindbrain; Precerebellar system; Subtype specification

Indexed keywords

CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIMORDIUM; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROEPITHELIAL CELLS; NEURONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 84860240485     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2012.01330.x     Document Type: Review

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