A functional scaffold of CNS neurons for the vertebrates: The developing Xenopus laevis spinal cord

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 575-584

  Roberts, Alan ^a   Li, Wen Chang ^b   Soffe, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Pioneer neuron; Spinal neurons; Transcription factors; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASCENDING INTERNEURON; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMMISSURAL INTERNEURON; DESCENDING INTERNEURON; HATCHING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SWIMMING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84863230416     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20889     Document Type: Article

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