Determinants of Neuronal Identity
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Determinants of Neuronal Identity

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Determinants of Neuronal Identity

About this book

Determinants of Neuronal Identity brings together studies of a wide range of vertebrate and invertebrate organisms that highlight the determinants of neuronal identity. Emphasis of this book is on how neurons are generated; how their developmental identities are specified; and to what degree those identities can be subsequently modified to meet the changing needs of the organism. This book also considers various techniques used in the analysis of different organisms. This volume is comprised of 15 chapters; the first of which introduces the reader to the specification of neuronal identity in Caenorhabditis elegans. The discussion then turns to neurogenesis and segmental homology in the leech, as well as intrinsic and extrinsic factors influencing the development of Retzius neurons in the leech nervous system. Drosophila is discussed next, with particular reference to neuronal diversity in the embryonic central nervous system, cell choice and patterning in the retina, and development of the peripheral nervous system. Other chapters explore endocrine influences on the postembryonic fates of neurons during insect metamorphosis; neuron determination in the nervous system of Hydra and in the mammalian cerebral cortex; and segregation of cell lineage in the vertebrate neural crest. This book will help scientists and active researchers in synthesizing a conceptual framework for further studies of neuronal specification.

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780126382808
eBook ISBN
9780323141543
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Biophysics
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Determinants of Neuronal Identity
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1. Specification of Neuronal Identity in Caenorhabditis elegans
  8. Chapter 2. Segmental Differentiation of Lineally Homologous Neurons in the Central Nervous System of the Leech
  9. Chapter 3. Control of Central Neurogenesis in the Leech
  10. Chapter 4. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Influencing the Development of Retzius Neurons in the Leech Nervous System
  11. Chapter 5. The Generation of Neuronal Diversity in the Drosophila Embryonic Central Nervous System
  12. Chapter 6. Initial Determination of the Neurectoderm in Drosophila
  13. Chapter 7. Cell Choice and Patterning in the Drosophila Retina
  14. Chapter 8. Development of the Peripheral Nervous System in Drosophila
  15. Chapter 9. Endocrine Influences on the Postembryonic Fates of Identified Neurons during Insect Metamorphosis
  16. Chapter 10. Neuron Determination in the Ever-Changing Nervous System of Hydra
  17. Chapter 11. Cell Lineage Segregation in the Vertebrate Neural Crest
  18. Chapter 12. The Determination of Neuronal Identity in the Mammalian Cerebral Cortex
  19. Chapter 13. Generation of Neuronal Diversity in the Vertebrate Retina
  20. Chapter 14. Development of Motoneuronal Identity in the Zebrafish
  21. Chapter 15. Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Determining Neurotransmitter Phenotypes in Sympathetic Neurons
  22. Index