Molecular regionalization of the diencephalon

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Martinez Ferre, Almudena ^a   Martinez, Salvador ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diencephalon; Shh; ZLI

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; DIENCEPHALON; EPITHALAMUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOGENESIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEURAL TUBE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBTHALAMUS; THALAMUS; ZONA LIMITANS INTRATHALAMICA;

EID: 84862186688     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00073     Document Type: Review

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