Development of the cerebellum: Simple steps to make a ‘little brain’

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 4031-4041

  Butts, Thomas ^a,b   Green, Mary J ^c   Wingate, Richard J T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atoh1; Autistic spectrum disorder; Granule cell; Medulloblastoma; Ptf1a; Purkinje cell

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PTF1;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE; GERM LAYER; HOX GENE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OTX GENE; PRIMORDIUM; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; AUTISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84908032338     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.106559     Document Type: Review

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