The neuron identity problem: Form meets function

Neuron

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 602-612

  Fishell, Gord ^a   Heintz, Nathaniel ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LEVODOPA;

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DYSKINESIA; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS;

EID: 84886996159     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.10.035     Document Type: Review

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