Current topics in Developmental Biology /edited by Gerald P. Schatten. --Elsevier, 2005. -- (58.12/C976/v.69)

Contents

Contents:

1.       Flipping Coins in the Fly Retina  2

2.       Unraveling the molecular pathways that regulate early telencephalon development  18

3.       Glia-Neuron interactions in nervous system function and development  39

4.       The novel roles of glial cells revisited: the contribution of radial glia and astrocytes to neurogenesis  68

5.       Classical embryological studies and modern genetic analysis of midbrain and cerebellum development  104

6.       Brain development and susceptibility to damage; lon levels and movements  140

7.       Thinking about visual behavior; learning about photoreceptor function  188

8.       Critical period mechanisms in developing visual cortex  216

9.       Brawn for brains: The role of MEF2 proteins in the developing Nervous system  240

10.   Mechanisms of Axon guidance in the developing nervous system  268