Development of the nervous system
Development of the Nervous System, Second Edition has been thoroughly revised and updated since the publication of the First Edition. It presents a broad outline of neural development principles as exemplified by key experiments and observations from past and recent times. The text is organized alo...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier
2006.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798062006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Chapter 1: Neural Induction; Development and Evolution of Neurons; Early Embryology of Metazoans; Derivation of Neural Tissue; Interactions with Neighboring Tissues in Making Neural Tissue; The Molecular Nature of the Neural Inducer; Conservation of Neural Induction; Interactions Among the Ectodermal Cells in Controlling Neuroblast Segregation; Notch, Delta, and Achaete Scute Genes in Vertebrates; Linking Induction to Proneural Activity; Summary; Chapter 2: Polarity and Segmentation
- Regional Identity of the Nervous SystemThe Anterior-Posterior Axis and HOX Genes; HOX Gene Function in the Nervous System; Signaling Molecules that Pattern the Anterior-Posterior Axis in Vertebrates: Heads or Tails; Organizing Centers in the Developing Brain; Forebrain Development, Prosomeres, and PAX Genes; Dorsal-Ventral Polarity in the Neural Tube; Dorsal Neural Tube and Neural Crest; Patterning the Cerebral Cortex; Summary; Chapter 3: Genesis and Migration; Cell-Cycle Genes Control the Number of Neurons Generated during Development
- Cell Interactions Control the Number of Cells Made by ProgenitorsThe Generation of Neurons and GLIA; Cerebral Cortex Histogenesis; The Subventricular Zone: A Secondary Zone of Neurogenesis; Cerebellar Cortex Histogenesis; Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Migration; Postembryonic and Adult Neurogenesis; Summary; Chapter 4: Determination and Differentiation; Transcriptional Hierarchies in Invariant Lineages; Spatial and Temporal Coordinates of Determination; Asymmetric Cell Divisions and Asymmetric Fate; Generating Complexity through Cellular Interactions
- Specification and Differentiation through Cellular Interactions and Interactions with the Local EnvironmentCompetence and Histogenesis; The Interplay of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Influences in Histogenesis; Interpreting Gradients and the Spatial Organization of Cell Types; Summary; Chapter 5: Axon Growth and Guidance; The Growth Cone; The Dynamic Cytoskeleton; What Do Growth Cones Grow On?; What Provides Directional Information to Growth Cones?; Cell Adhesion and Labeled Pathways; Repulsive Guidance; Chemotaxis, Gradients, and Local Information; The Optic Pathway; The Midline
- Attraction and Repulsion: Desensitization and AdaptationSignal Transduction; Summary; Chapter 6: Target Selection; Defasiculation; Target Recognition and Entry; Slowing Down and Branching; Border Patrol and Prevention of Inappropriate Targeting; Topographic Mapping; Chemospecificity and Ephrins; Shifting and Fine Tuning of Connections; The Third Dimension, Lamina-Specific Termination; Cellular and Synaptic Targeting; Sniffing Out Targets; Summary; Chapter 7: Naturally Occurring Neuron Death; What does Neuron Death Look Like?; Early Elimination of Progenitor Cells
- How Many Differentiated Neurons Die?
