Simple rules for a "simple" nervous system? Molecular and biomathematical approaches to enteric nervous system formation and malformation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 305-319

  Newgreen, Donald F ^a   Dufour, Sylvie ^b   Howard, Marthe J ^c   Landman, Kerry A ^d  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Enteric nervous system; Gangliogenesis; Mathematical modeling; Neural crest

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOMATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DAUGHTER CELL; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GANGLION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTESTINE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEINBERG DIFFERENTIAL ADHESION HYPOTHESIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 84884411109     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.06.029     Document Type: Article

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