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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452064903321

Autore

Sieber-Blum Maya

Titolo

Neural crest stem cells [[electronic resource] ] : breakthroughs and applications / / editor, Maya Sieber-Blum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2012

ISBN

1-280-66944-6

9786613646378

981-4343-81-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Disciplina

573.8

573.8536

616.02774

Soggetti

Neural crest - Research

Stem cells - Research

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Regulation of embryonic neural crest cell differentiation -- pt. 2. Adult neural crest stem cells.

Sommario/riassunto

The book offers readers an understanding of the development of neural crest cells, which is crucial as many birth defects and tumours are of neural crest origin. The neural crest is a transient tissue of the vertebrate embryo. It originates from the future spinal cord and neural crest stem cells emigrate from this location to various places in the embryo, giving rise to many different cell types and tissues. Neural crest derivatives include the peripheral nervous systems, endocrine cells such as the adrenal medulla, smooth musculature of the cardiac outflow tract and great blood vessels, as we