In and out from the cortex: Development of major forebrain connections

Neuroscience

Volumn 254, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-44

  Leyva Diaz E ^a   Lopez Bendito G ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Callosal projection neurons; Corticospinal tract; Corticothalamic axons; Fate determination; Thalamocortical axons

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICOTHALAMIC TRACT; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; NERVE NET; PROSENCEPHALON;

EID: 84885410089     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.08.070     Document Type: Review

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