Neocortical arealization: Evolution, mechanisms, and open questions

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 411-447

  Alfano, Christian ^a,b   Studer, Michèle ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Arealization; Cerebral cortex; Evolution; Neocortex; Patterning genes; Signaling molecules

Indexed keywords

BHLHB5 PROTEIN; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 17; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; MORPHOGEN; REELIN; TBR5 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MITOSIS; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURONS; ORGANOGENESIS;

EID: 84876426570     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22067     Document Type: Review

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