Mechanisms of astrocytogenesis in the mammalian brain

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 921-927

  Namihira, Masakazu ^a   Nakashima, Kinichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOTROPHIN 1; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; INTERLEUKIN 6; JANUS KINASE; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; OLIGODENDROCYTE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOGENESIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIMERIZATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; FOREBRAIN; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; MACROCEPHALY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS;

EID: 84887403795     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.06.002     Document Type: Review

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