From neural crest to bowel: development of the enteric nervous system.

doi:10.1002/neu.480240207

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From neural crest to bowel: development of the enteric nervous system.

Journal of neurobiology - 1 Feb 1993

Gershon M D, Chalazonitis A, Rothman T P

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The ENS resembles the brain and differs both physiologically and structurally from any other region of the PNS. Recent experiments in which crest cell migration has been studied with DiI, a replication-deficient retrovirus, or antibodies that label cells of neural crest origin, have confirmed tha...

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Animals
Cell Differentiation
Cell Movement
Digestive System
Mice
Nerve Growth Factors
Neural Crest
Neuroglia
Neurons
Peripheral Nerves
Phenotype
Rats

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