Building a brain in the gut: Development of the enteric nervous system

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 307-316

  Goldstein, A M ^a   Hofstra, R M W ^b   Burns, A J ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Enteric neuropathies; Hirschsprung disease; Neural crest cells; RET

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN RET; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONGENITAL CENTRAL HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLIA; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MEGACOLON; MELANOCYTE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84874987381     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cge.12054     Document Type: Article

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