Emerging roles of neural stem cells in cerebral cortex development and evolution

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 955-971

  Borrell, Víctor ^a   Reillo, Isabel ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ferret; Lissencephaly; Neurogenesis; OSVZ; Radial glia

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; EOMESODERMIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; VIMENTIN;

AGYRIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 84862122309     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22013     Document Type: Article

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