Vertebrate development: a nervous vitamin.
The vitamin A-related retinoids have recently been shown to be involved in the development of the central nervous system, both in specifying position along the head-to-tail axis and in the development of a specific subset of motor neurons.
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Biomedical Sciences Division, The Randall Institute, 26/29 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5RL, UK.
D000818:Animals; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009420:Nervous System / Q000196:embryology*; D014714:Vertebrates; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000502:physiology*
D014801:Vitamin A