The calcium: An early signal that initiates the formation of the nervous system during embryogenesis

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY 2012, 2012, Pages

  Leclerc, Catherine ^a   Néant, Isabelle ^a   Moreau, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Calcium signaling; Early neural development; EF hand; Neural induction; Neural progenitor; Neuro glial switch; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; CALSENILIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; JANUS KINASE; STAT PROTEIN;

AMPHIBIA; BHLH GENE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; GENE; GENE TARGETING; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84864018980     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2012.00064     Document Type: Review

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