How to make spinal motor neurons

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 491-501

  Davis Dusenbery, Brandi N ^a,c   Williams, Luis A ^a   Klim, Joseph R ^a,c   Eggan, Kevin ^a,b,c  

^a Harvard University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor neuron; Pluripotency; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL STRUCTURE; ENGRAFTMENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; SPINAL CORD;

MOTOR NEURON; PLURIPOTENCY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84892707713     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.097410     Document Type: Article

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