Neural development: instructions for neural diversity.
Extracellular signals that can influence the fate of multipotent progenitor cells have been described in recent studies of the vertebrate nervous system, emphasizing the contribution of instructive mechanisms to the generation of cellular diversity.
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Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, 3200 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennyslyvania 19129, USA. lillien@allegheny.edu
D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D002470:Cell Survival; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009420:Nervous System / Q000166:cytology* / Q000196:embryology; D009432:Neural Crest / Q000166:cytology; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology
D006133:Growth Substances