Nurturing the cortex's thalamic nature

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 142-148

  Pouchelon, Gabrielle ^a   Jabaudon, Denis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cortical development; neuronal identity; neuronal wiring

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; GENETIC MODEL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84896388365     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000070     Document Type: Review

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