Cellular Migration and Formation of Neuronal Connections, Second Edition, the latest release in the Comprehensive Developmental Neuroscience series, presents the latest information on the genetic, molecular and cellular mechanisms of neural development. This book provides a much-needed update that underscores the latest research in this rapidly evolving field, with new section editors discussing the technological advances that are enabling the pursuit of new research on brain development. This volume focuses on the formation of axons and dendrites and cellular migration.
Key Features
- Features leading experts in various subfields as section editors and article authors
- Presents articles that have been peer reviewed to ensure accuracy, thoroughness and scholarship
- Includes coverage of mechanisms which regulate the formation of axons and dendrites and cellular migration
- Covers neural activity, from cell-intrinsic maturation, to early correlated patterns of activity
I: FORMATION OF AXONS AND DENDRITES
1. Development of Neuronal Polarity In Vivo
Franck Polleux
2. Role of the Cytoskeleton and Membrane Trafficking in Axon–Dendrite Morphogenesis
Kevin C. Flynn and Frank Bradke
3. Axon Growth and Branching
Le Ma
4. Netrins and guidance
Marc Tessier-lavigne
5. Axon Guidance: Semaphorin/Neuropilin/Plexin Signaling
M.G.Verhagen & R.J. Pasterkamp
6. Ephrin/Eph Signaling in Axon Guidance
Artur Kania
7. Axon Guidance: Slit–Robo Signaling
Jean-François Cloutier
8. Nonconventional Axon Guidance Cues
Patricia T. Yam and Frederic Charron
9. Axon Regeneration
Roman Giger
10. Axon Maintenance and Degeneration
Zhigang He and Fan Wang
11. Dendrite Development: Invertebrates
Bing Ye
12. Dendritic Development: Vertebrates
Julie L. Lefebvre
II: MIGRATION
13. Cell Polarity and Initiation of Neuronal Migration
Kanehiro Hayashi and Kazunori Nakajima
14. Nucleokinesis
Orly Reiner and Eyal Karzburn
15. Radial Migration in the Developing Cerebral Cortex
Stephen Noctor
16. Tangential Migration in the Forebrain
Carla G. Silva, Fanny Lepiemme and Laurent Nguyen
17. Migration in the Hippocampus
Samuel Pleasure
18. Hindbrain Tangential Migration
Constantino Sotelo and Alain Chedotal
19. Neuronal Migration in the Cerebellum
David Solecki
20. Neuronal Migration of Guidepost Cells and Brain Patterning
Sonia Garel
21. Adult Neuronal Migration
Kazunobu Sawamoto
22. Transcriptional and Post Transcriptional Mechanisms of Neuronal Migration
Mladen-Roko Rasin
23. Migration of Myelin-Forming Cells in the CNS
B. Zalc
24. Coordination of Different Modes of Neuronal Migration and Functional Organization of the Cerebral Cortex
Holden R. Higginbotham
25. The Impact of Different Modes of Neuronal Migration on Brain Evolution
Fernando Garcia-Moreno and Zoltan Molnar
26. Neuronal Migration Disorders
Joseph LoTurco and Jean-Bernard Manent
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