Building Brains An Introduction to Neural Development.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Price, David J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2011.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Conventions and Commonly used Abbreviations
  • Naming conventions for genes and proteins
  • Commonly used abbreviations
  • Significance of bold and blue bold terms
  • 1: Models and Methods for Studying Neural Development
  • 1.1 What is neural development?
  • 1.2 Why research neural development?
  • 1.3 Major breakthroughs that have contributed to understanding developmental mechanisms
  • 1.4 Invertebrate model organisms
  • 1.5 Vertebrate model organisms
  • 1.6 Observation and experiment: methods for studying neural development
  • 1.7 Summary
  • 2: The Anatomy of Developing Nervous Systems
  • 2.1 The nervous system develops from the embryonic neuroectoderm
  • 2.2 Anatomical terms used to describe locations in embryos
  • 2.3 Development of the neuroectoderm of invertebrates
  • 2.4 Development of the neuroectoderm of vertebrates and the process of neurulation
  • 2.5 Secondary neurulation in vertebrates
  • 2.6 Formation of invertebrate and vertebrate peripheral nervous systems
  • 2.7 Summary
  • 3: Neural Induction: An Example of How Intercellular Signalling Determines Cell Fates
  • 3.1 What is neural induction?
  • 3.2 Specification and commitment
  • 3.3 The discovery of neural induction
  • 3.4 A more recent breakthrough: identifying molecules that mediate neural induction
  • 3.5 Conservation of neural induction mechanisms in Drosophila
  • 3.6 Beyond the default model
  • other signalling pathways involved in neural induction
  • 3.7 Signal transduction: how cells respond to intercellular signals
  • 3.8 Intercellular signalling regulates gene expression
  • 3.9 The essence of development: a complex interplay of intercellular and intracellular signalling
  • 3.10 Summary
  • 4: Patterning the Neuroectoderm
  • 4.1 Regional patterning of the nervous system
  • 4.2 Patterning the anteroposterior (AP) axis of the Drosophila CNS
  • 4.3 Patterning the AP axis of the vertebrate CNS
  • 4.4 Refining AP axis patterning within regions and segments
  • 4.5 Patterning the dorsoventral (DV) axis of the nervous system
  • 4.6 Bringing it all together
  • 4.7 Summary
  • 5: Neurogenesis: Generating Neural Cells
  • 5.1 Generating neural cells
  • 5.2 Neurogenesis in Drosophila
  • 5.3 Neurogenesis in vertebrates
  • 5.4 The regulation of neuronal subtype identity
  • 5.5 The regulation of cell proliferation during neurogenesis
  • 5.6 Temporal regulation of neural identity
  • 5.7 Why do we need to know about neurogenesis?
  • 5.8 Summary
  • 6: Neuronal Migration
  • 6.1 Many neurons migrate long distances during formation of the nervous system
  • 6.2 How can neuronal migration be observed?
  • 6.3 Major modes of migration
  • 6.4 Initiation of migration
  • 6.5 How are migrating cells guided to their destinations?
  • 6.6 Locomotion
  • 6.7 Journey's end
  • termination of migration
  • 6.8 The mechanisms that govern migration of important populations of cortical neurons remain unknown
  • 6.9 Summary

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