Cellular and molecular basis of cerebellar development

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue JUNE, 2013, Pages

  Martinez, Salvador ^a   Andreu, Abraham ^a   Mecklenburg, Nora ^a,b   Echevarria, Diego ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caudal mesencephalon; Cerebellum; Fgf8; Isthmic constriction; Isthmic organizer; Isthmus; Morphogenesis; Rostral hindbrain

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; WNT1 PROTEIN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN REGION; CELL MIGRATION; CEREBELLUM; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE MUTATION; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84878733905     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2013.00018     Document Type: Review

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