Directed midbrain and spinal cord neurogenesis from pluripotent stem cells to model development and disease in a dish

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 MAY, 2014, Pages

  Allodi, Ilary ^a   Hedlund, Eva ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Dopamine neuron; In vitro neuronal networks; Motor neuron; Parkinson disease; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; MORPHOGEN; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BODY POSTURE; CELL SELECTION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MESENCEPHALON; MOTONEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84904965867     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00109     Document Type: Review

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