Principles of interneuron development learned from Renshaw cells and the motoneuron recurrent inhibitory circuit

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1279, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-31

  Alvarez, Francisco J ^a   Benito Gonzalez, Ana ^a,b   Siembab, Valerie C ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Interneuron; Neurogenesis; Spinal cord; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RECURRENT INHIBITORY CIRCUIT; RENSHAW CELL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 84875629329     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12084     Document Type: Article

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