Development and developmental disorders of the enteric nervous system

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-57

  Obermayr, Florian ^a   Hotta, Ryo ^b   Enomoto, Hideki ^c   Young, Heather M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTEGRIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIN 3; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NETRIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEURTURIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KIF26A; PROTEIN KINASE C ZETA; PROTEIN PHOX2B; PROTEIN RET; SEMAPHORIN 3A; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; SPROUTY PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX8; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; CONSTIPATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTEROCOLITIS; ENTEROPATHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; GENETIC CODE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURAL CREST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84871963175     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2012.234     Document Type: Review

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