Building Brains [[electronic resource] ] : An Introduction to Neural Development
| Building Brains [[electronic resource] ] : An Introduction to Neural Development |
| Autore | Price David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
| Disciplina | 612.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
JarmanAndrew P
MasonJohn O KindPeter C |
| Soggetto topico |
Developmental neurobiology
Nervous system --Growth Developmental neurobiology - Growth Nervous system Neurons - physiology Nervous System - anatomy & histology Neurogenesis |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-470-97988-7
1-119-95766-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Building Brains: An Introduction to Neural Development; Contents; Preface; Conventions and Commonly used Abbreviations; 1 Models and Methods for Studying Neural Development; 1.1 What is neural development?; 1.2 Why research neural development?; 1.2.1 The uncertainty of current understanding; 1.2.2 Implications for human health; 1.2.3 Implications for future technologies; 1.3 Major breakthroughs that have contributed to understanding developmental mechanisms; 1.4 Invertebrate model organisms; 1.4.1 Fly; 1.4.2 Worm; 1.4.3 Other invertebrates; 1.5 Vertebrate model organisms; 1.5.1 Frog
1.5.2 Chick1.5.3 Zebrafish; 1.5.4 Mouse; 1.5.5 Humans; 1.5.6 Other vertebrates; 1.6 Observation and experiment: methods for studying neural development; 1.7 Summary; 2 The Anatomy of Developing Nervous Systems; 2.1 The nervous system develops from the embryonic neuroectoderm; 2.2 Anatomical terms used to describe locations in embryos; 2.3 Development of the neuroectoderm of invertebrates; 2.3.1 C. elegans; 2.3.2 Drosophila; 2.4 Development of the neuroectoderm of vertebrates and the process of neurulation; 2.4.1 Frog; 2.4.2 Chick; 2.4.3 Mouse; 2.5 Secondary neurulation in vertebrates 2.6 Formation of invertebrate and vertebrate peripheral nervous systems2.6.1 Invertebrates; 2.6.2 Vertebrates: the neural crest and the placodes; 2.6.3 Vertebrates: development of sense organs; 2.7 Summary; 3 Neural Induction: An Example of How Intercellular Signalling Determines Cell Fates; 3.1 What is neural induction?; 3.2 Specification and commitment; 3.3 The discovery of neural induction; 3.4 A more recent breakthrough: identifying molecules that mediate neural induction; 3.5 Conservation of neural induction mechanisms in Drosophila 3.6 Beyond the default model - other signalling pathways involved in neural induction3.7 Signal transduction: how cells respond to intercellular signals; 3.8 Intercellular signalling regulates gene expression; 3.8.1 General mechanisms of transcriptional regulation; 3.8.2 Transcription factors involved in neural induction; 3.8.3 What genes do transcription factors control?; 3.8.4 Gene function can also be controlled by other mechanisms; 3.9 The essence of development: a complex interplay of intercellular and intracellular signalling; 3.10 Summary; 4 Patterning the Neuroectoderm 4.1 Regional patterning of the nervous system4.1.1 Patterns of gene expression are set up by morphogens; 4.1.2 Patterning occurs within a monolayer epithelium; 4.1.3 Patterning happens progressively; 4.2 Patterning the anteroposterior (AP) axis of the DrosophilaCNS; 4.2.1 Creating domains of transcription factor expression; 4.2.2 Dividing the ectoderm into segmental units; 4.2.3 Assigning segmental identity - the Hox code; 4.3 Patterning the AP axis of the vertebrate CNS; 4.3.1 Hox genes are highly conserved; 4.3.2 Initial AP information is imparted by the mesoderm 4.3.3 Mesoderm signals set up domains of transcription factor expression |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461651003321 |
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| Hoboken, : Wiley, 2011 | ||
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Heat shock proteins in the nervous system / edited by R.J. Mayer, I.R. Brown
| Heat shock proteins in the nervous system / edited by R.J. Mayer, I.R. Brown |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; San Diego : Academic Press, c1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiii, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina | 572.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Mayer, R. J.
Brown, Ian R. |
| Collana | Neuroscience perspectives |
| Soggetto topico |
Neurons - physiology
Heat shock proteins Nervous system - Growth Heat Shock Proteins |
| ISBN | 012480960X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001707979707536 |
| London ; San Diego : Academic Press, c1994 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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International journal of neural systems
| International journal of neural systems |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Singapore], : World Scientific Pub |
| Disciplina | 006.3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Neural networks (Computer science)
Neural circuitry Brain - physiology Computer Simulation Models, Theoretical Nerve Net - physiology Neurons - physiology Neurale netwerken |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodical
Periodicals |
| ISSN | 1793-6462 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | IJNS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910981581903321 |
| [Singapore], : World Scientific Pub | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Wiring the nervous system : mechanisms of axonal and dendritic remodelling in health and disease / / edited by Tracy S. Tran, Avraham Yaron
| Wiring the nervous system : mechanisms of axonal and dendritic remodelling in health and disease / / edited by Tracy S. Tran, Avraham Yaron |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | River Publishers, 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxi, 309 pages) : illustrations |
| Collana | River Publishers series in biotechnology and medical research |
| Soggetto topico |
Neuroplasticity
Neurons - Physiology Axons Dendritic cells Nervous system - Degeneration Neuronal Plasticity Neurons - physiology Axons - physiology Dendrites - physiology Nerve Degeneration |
| ISBN |
1-003-81222-8
1-03-263269-0 87-7022-887-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Part I -- 1 Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Axon Morphogenesis -- 2 Experience-dependent Structural Plasticity in Dendrite Development: Emerging Common Themes Across Model Systems -- 3 Out with the Old, In with the New: Dendrite Degeneration and Regeneration -- Part II -- 4 Constructing by Disposing: Regulation of Neuronal Morphogenesis by Phagocytosis -- 5 Molecular Underpinnings of Developmental Axon Dengeneration -- 6 Mechanisms of Pathological Axon Degeneration -- 7 Roles of mRNA Axonal Localization and Translation in Neurodegenerative Diseases -- List of Abbreviations -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Mechanisms of axonal and dendritic remodelling in health and disease |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910996477203321 |
| River Publishers, 2023 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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