Astrocytes and the evolution of the human brain

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 236-239

  Robertson, James M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOSPONDIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; COGNITION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; COGNITION; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; THROMBOSPONDINS;

EID: 84892368928     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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