Neuron and beta-cell evolution: Learning about neurons is learning about beta-cells

BioEssays

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 584-

  Eberhard, Daniel ^a,b,c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH DZD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NEUROGENIN 3; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL TYPE; INSULIN RELEASE; LEARNING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL; NOTE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; LEARNING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84879160203     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300035     Document Type: Note

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