Development of the Nervous System

Development of the Nervous System

von: Dan H. Sanes, Thomas A. Reh, William A. Harris

Elsevier Trade Monographs, 2011

ISBN: 9780080923208 , 360 Seiten

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Development of the Nervous System


 

Front Cover

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Development of the Nervous System

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Copyright

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To our families

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Contents

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Preface to the Third Edition

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Preface to the Second Edition

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Preface to the First Edition

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Chapter 1: Neural induction

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Development and Evolution of Neurons

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Early Embryology of Metazoans

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Derivation of Neural Tissue

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Interactions with Neighboring Tissues in Making Neural Tissue

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The Molecular Nature of the Neural Inducer

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Conservation of Neural Induction

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Interactions among the ectodermal cells in controlling neuroblast segregation

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Summary

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References

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Chapter 2: Polarity and segmentation

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Regional identity of the nervous system

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The anterior–posterior axis and hox genes

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Hox gene function in the vertebrate nervous system

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Signaling molecules that pattern the anterior–posterior axis in vertebrates: heads or tails

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Organizing centers in the developing brain

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Forebrain development, prosomeres, and pax genes

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Dorsal–ventral polarity in the neural tube

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Dorsal neural tube and neural crest

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Patterning the cerebral cortex

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Summary

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References

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Chapter 3: Genesis and migration

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What Determines the Number of Cells Produced by the Progenitors?

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The Generation of Neurons and Glia

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Cerebral Cortex Histogenesis

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Cerebellar Cortex Histogenesis

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Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Migration

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Postembryonic and Adult Neurogenesis

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Summary

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References

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Chapter 4: Determination and differentiation

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Transcriptional Hierarchies in Invariant Lineages: C. Elegans Neurons

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Spatial and Temporal Coordinates of Determination: Drosophila CNS Neuroblasts

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Asymmetric Cell Divisions and Asymmetric Fate

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Generating Complexity Through Cellular Interactions: the Drosophila Retina

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Specification and Differentiation Through Cellular Interactions and Interactions With the Local Environment: the Vertebrate Neural Crest

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Competence and Histogenesis: the Mammalian Cortex

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The Interplay of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Influences in Histogenesis: the Vertebrate Retina

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Interpreting Gradients and the Spatial Organization of cell Types: Spinal Motor Neurons

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Summary

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References

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Chapter 5: Axon growth and guidance

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The Growth Cone

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The Dynamic Cytoskeleton

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Dendrite Formation

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What do Growth Cones Grow on?

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What Provides Directional Information to Growth Cones?

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Cell Adhesion and Labeled Pathways

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Repulsive Guidance

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Chemotaxis, Gradients, and Local Information

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Signal Transduction

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The midline: to Cross or Not to Cross?

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Attraction and Repulsion: Desensitization and Adaptation

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The Optic Pathway: Getting There From Here

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Summary

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References

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Chapter 6: Target selection

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Defasciculation

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Target Recognition and Target Entry

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Slowing Down and Branching in the Target Region

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Border Patrol: the Prevention of Inappropriate Targeting

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Topographic Mapping

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Chemospecificity and Ephrins

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The Third Dimension, Lamina-Specific Termination

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Cellular and Synaptic Targeting

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Sniffing out Targets

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Shifting and Fine Tuning of Connections

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Summary

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References

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Chapter 7: Naturally-occurring neuron death

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What Does Neuron Death Look Like?

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Early Elimination of Progenitor Cells

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How Many Differentiated Neurons Die?

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Survival Depends on the Synaptic Target

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NGF: a Target-Derived Survival Factor

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The Neurotrophin Family

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The Trk Family of Neurotrophin Receptors

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How Does the Neurotrophin Signal Reach the Soma?

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The p75 Neurotrophin Receptor Can Initiate Cell Death

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Cytokines Act as Neuron Survival Factors

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Hormonal Control of Neuron Survival

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Cell Death Requires Protein Synthesis

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Intracellular Signaling Pathways that Mediate Survival

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Intracellular Signaling Pathways that Mediate Death

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Caspases: Agents of Death

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Bcl-2 Proteins: Regulators of Programmed Cell Death

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Removal of Dying Neurons

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Synaptic Transmission at the Target

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Afferent Regulation of Neuron Survival

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Intracellular Calcium Mediates Both Survival and Death

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Summary

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References

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Chapter 8: Synapse formation and function

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What do Newly Formed Synapses Look Like?

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Where Do Synapses Form on the Postsynaptic Cell?

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How Rapidly Are Synapses Added to the Nervous System?

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The First Signs of Synapse Function

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The Decision to form a Synapse

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The Sticky Synapse

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Converting Growth Cones to Presynaptic Terminals

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Receptor Clustering and Postsynaptic Differentiation at the NMJ

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Agrin is a Transynaptic Clustering Signal at the NMJ

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Receptor Clustering Signals in the CNS

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Scaffold Proteins and Receptor Aggregation in the CNS

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Innervation Increases Receptor Expression and Insertion

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Synaptic Activity Regulates Receptor Density

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Maturation of Transmission and Receptor Isoform Transitions

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Maturation of Transmitter Reuptake

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Short-term Plasticity

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Appearance of Synaptic Inhibition

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Is Inhibition Really Inhibitory During Development?

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Summary

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References

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Chapter 9: Refinement of synaptic connections

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The early Pattern of Connections

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Functional Synapses are Eliminated

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Many Axonal Arborizations are Eliminated or Refined

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The Sensory Environment Influences Synaptic Connections

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Activity Influences Synapse Elimination at the NMJ

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Synapse Refinement is Reflected in Sensory Coding Properties

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Activity contributes to Topography and the Alignment of Maps

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Spontaneous Activity and Afferent Refinement

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Critical Periods: Enhanced Plasticity During Development

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Heterosynaptic Depression and Synapse Elimination

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Involvement of Intracellular Calcium

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Calcium-Activated Second Messenger Systems

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Gain Control

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Homeostatic Plasticity: the More Things Change, the More they Stay the Same

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Plasticity of Inhibitory Connections

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Synaptic Influence on Neuron Morphology

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Summary

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References

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Chapter 10: Behavioral development

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Behavioral Ontogeny

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The first Movements are Spontaneous

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The Mechanism of Spontaneous Movements

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More Complex Behavior is Assembled from the Integration of Simple Circuits

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The role of Activity in the Emergence of Coordinated Behavior

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Stage-specific Behaviors

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Genetic Determinants of Behavior

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Environmental Determinants of Behavioral Development

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Beginning to Make Sense of the World

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Asking Babies Questions (and Getting Some Answers!)

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Acute Hearing

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Sharp Eyesight

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Sex-specific Behavior

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Genetic Sex

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Hormonal Control of Brain Gender

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Singing in the Brain

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Genetic Control of Brain Hender in Flies

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From Genome to Brain Gender in Vertebrates?

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Genomic Imprinting: The Ultimate in Parental Control

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Hit the Ground Learning

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Learning preferences from aversions

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Skill Learning: It Don’t Come Easy

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Getting information from one brain to another

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Language

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Summary

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References

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Molecules and Genes Index

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Subject Index

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