Beschreibung:
This consistent and well-illustrated text is an up-to-date survey of cellular and molecular events contributing to the assembly of the vertebrate nervous system. Chapters include a mixture of historical content and descriptions from literature that best illustrate specific aspects of development.
Serves as an up-to-date survey of cellular and molecular events that contribute to the assembly of the vertebrate nervous system
Making a Neural Tube: Neural Induction and Neurulation.- Cell Proliferation in the Developing Mammalian Brain.- Anteroposterior and Dorsoventral Patterning.- Neural Crest and Cranial Ectodermal Placodes.- Neurogenesis.- The Oligodendrocyte.- Astrocyte Development.- Neuronal Migration in the Developing Brain.- Guidance of Axons and Dendrites.- Synaptogenesis.- Programmed Cell Death.- Regeneration and Repair.- Developmental Mechanisms in Aging and Age-Related Diseases of the Nervous System.- Beginnings of the Nervous System.