The origin of neocortex: Lessons from comparative embryology

Evolution of Nervous Systems

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 13-26

  Molnar Z ^a   Tavare, A ^a   Cheung, A F P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abventricular division; Cell cycle; Neurogenesis; Radial and tangential neuronal migration; Subventricular zone; Ventricular zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882920570     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370878-8/00050-1     Document Type: Chapter

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