title: Neural development: how cadherins zipper up neural circuits.
abstract: Recent studies suggest that members of the cadherin family of homophilic cell adhesion molecules play an important role in the formation and stabilization of the complex neural circuitry of the brain.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Developmental Neurogenetics, Rockefeller University, New York, 10021, USA. martins@rockvax.rockefeller.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martinek
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gaul
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology*; D015820:Cadherins / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000254:growth & development*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins