Protocadherin 11X/Y a human-specific gene pair: An immunohistochemical survey of fetal and adult brains

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1933-1941

  Priddle, Thomas H ^a   Crow, Tim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

human evolution; immunohistochemistry; language; neurodevelopment; Xq21.3 Yp11

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTOCADHERIN 11X; PROTOCADHERIN 11Y; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); GENE EXPRESSION; GROUPS BY AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEOCORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCORTEX;

HUMAN EVOLUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGUAGE; NEURODEVELOPMENT; XQ21.3/YP11;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CADHERINS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84880199922     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs181     Document Type: Article

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