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Provides a highly visual, readily accessible introduction to the main events that occur during neural development and their mechanisms Building Brains: An Introduction to Neural Development, 2nd Edition describes how brains construct themselves, from simple beginnings in the early embryo to become the most complex living structures on the planet. It explains how cells first become neural, how their proliferation is controlled, what regulates the types of neural cells they become, how neurons connect to each other, how these connections are later refined under the influence of neural activity, and why some neurons normally die. This student-friendly guide stresses and justifies the generally-held belief that a greater knowledge of how nervous systems construct themselves will help us find new ways of treating diseases of the nervous system that are thought to originate from faulty development, such as autism spectrum disorders, epilepsy, and schizophrenia. A concise, illustrated guide focusing on core elements and emphasizing common principles of developmental mechanisms, supplemented by suggestions for further reading Text boxes provide detail on major advances, issues of particular uncertainty or controversy, and examples of human diseases that result from abnormal development Introduces the methods for studying neural development, allowing the reader to understand the main evidence underlying research advances Offers a balanced mammalian/non-mammalian perspective (and emphasizes mechanisms that are conserved across species), drawing on examples from model organisms like the fruit fly, nematode worm, frog, zebrafish, chick, mouse and human Associated Website includes all the figures from the textbook and explanatory movies Filled with full-colorartwork that reinforces important concepts; an extensive glossary and definitions that help readers from different backgrounds; and chapter summaries that stress important points and aid revision, Building Brains: An Introduction to Neural Development, 2nd Edition is perfect for undergraduate students and postgraduates who may not have a background in neuroscience and/or molecular genetics. This elegant book ranges with ease and authority over the vast field of developmental neuroscience. This excellent textbook should be on the shelf of every neuroscientist, as well as on the reading list of every neuroscience student. Sir Colin Blakemore, Oxford University With an extensive use of clear and colorful illustrations, this book makes accessible to undergraduates the beauty and complexity of neural development. The book fills a void in undergraduate neuroscience curricula. Professor Mark Bear, Picower Institute, MIT. Highly Commended, British Medical Association Medical Book Awards 2012 Published with the New York Academy of Sciences
DAVID J. PRICE, ANDREW P. JARMAN, JOHN O. MASON, PETER C. KIND, Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, UK.
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Praise for the First Edition
"This elegant book ranges with ease and authority over the vast field of developmental neuroscience. This excellent textbook should be on the shelf of every neuroscientist, as well as on the reading list of every neuroscience student."
Sir Colin Blakemore, Oxford University
"With an extensive use of clear and colorful illustrations, this book makes accessible to undergraduates the beauty and complexity of neural development. The book fills a void in undergraduate neuroscience curricula."
Professor Mark Bear, Picower Institute, MIT.
Highly Commended, British Medical Association Medical Book Awards 2012
Provides a highly visual, readily accessible introduction to the main events that occur during neural development and their mechanisms
Building Brains: An Introduction to Neural Development, Second Edition describes how brains construct themselves, from simple beginnings in the early embryo to become the most complex living structures on the planet. It explains how cells first become neural, how their proliferation is controlled, what regulates the types of neural cells they become, how neurons connect to each other, how these connections are later refined under the influence of neural activity, and why some neurons normally die. This student-friendly guide stresses and justifies the generally-held belief that a greater knowledge of how nervous systems construct themselves will help us find new ways of treating diseases of the nervous system that are thought to originate from faulty development, such as autism spectrum disorders, epilepsy, and schizophrenia.
Filled with full-color artwork that reinforces important concepts; an extensive glossary and definitions that help readers from different backgrounds; and chapter summaries that stress important points and aid revision, Building Brains: An Introduction to Neural Development, Second Edition is perfect for undergraduate students and postgraduates who may not have a background in neuroscience and/or molecular genetics.
Published with the New York Academy of Sciences
Contenu
Preface to Second Edition xi
Preface to First Edition xiii
Conventions and Commonly used Abbreviations xv
Introduction xix
About the Companion Website xxiii
1 Models and Methods for Studying Neural Development 1
1.1 What is neural development? 1
1.2 Why research neural development? 2
The uncertainty of current understanding 2
Implications for human health 3
Implications for future technologies 4
1.3 Major breakthroughs that have contributed to understanding developmental mechanisms 4
1.4 Invertebrate model organisms 5
Fly 5
Worm 7
Other invertebrates 11
1.5 Vertebrate model organisms 11
Frog 11
Chick 12
Zebrafish 12
Mouse 12
Humans 19
Other vertebrates 20
1.6 Observation and experiment: methods for studying neural development 23
1.7 Summary 24
2 The Anatomy of Developing Nervous Systems 25
2.1 The nervous system develops from the embryonic neuroectoderm 25
2.2 Anatomical terms used to describe locations in embryos 26
2.3 Development of the neuroectoderm of invertebrates 27
C. elegans 27
Drosophila 27
2.4 Development of the neuroectoderm of vertebrates and the process of neurulation 30
Frog 31
Chick 33
Zebrafish 35
Mouse 36
Human 43
2.5 Secondary neurulation in vertebrates 47
2.6 Formation of invertebrate and vertebrate peripheral nervous systems 47
Invertebrates 49
Vertebrates: the neural crest and the placodes 49
Vertebrates: development of sense organs 50
2.7 Summary 52
3 Neural Induction: An Example of How Intercellular Signalling Determines Cell Fates 53
3.1 What is neural induction? 53
3.2 Specification and commitment 54
3.3 The discovery of neural induction 54
3.4 A more recent breakthrough: identifying molecules that mediate neural induction 56
3.5 Conservation of neural induction mechanisms in Drosophila 58
3.6 Beyond the default model other signalling pathways involved in neural induction 59
3.7 Signal transduction: how cells respond to intercellular signals 64
3.8 Intercellular signalling regulates gene expression 65
General mechanisms of transcriptional regulation 65
Transcription factors involved in neural induction 67
What genes do transcription factors control? 69
Gene function can also be controlled by other mechanisms 71
3.9 The essence of development: a complex interplay of intercellular and intracellular signalling 75
3.10 Summary 75
4 Patterning the Neuroectoderm 77
4.1 Regional patterning of the nervous system 77
Patterns of gene expression are set up by morphogens 78
Patterning happens progressively 80
4.2 Patterning the anteroposterior (AP) axis of the Drosophila CNS 81
From gradients of signals to domains of transcription factor expression 81
Dividing the ectoderm into segmental units 83
Assigning segmental identity the Hox code 83
4.3 Patterning the AP axis of the vertebrate CNS 86
Hox genes are highly conserved 87
Initial AP information is imparted by the mesoderm 88
Genes that pattern the anterior brain 90
4.4 Local patterning in Drosophila: refining neural patterning within segments 91
In Drosophila a signalling boundary within each segment provides local AP positional information 92
Patterning in the Drosophila dorsoventral(DV) axis 94
Unique neuroblast identities from the integration of AP and DV patterning information 96
4.5 Local patterning in the vertebrate nervous system 97
In the vertebrate brain, AP boundaries organize local patterning 97
Patterning in the DV axis of the vertebrate CNS 99
Signal gradients that drive DV patterning 100
<...Titre: | Building Brains |
Auteur: | |
EAN: | 9781119293712 |
ISBN: | 978-1-119-29371-2 |
Format: | eBook (epub) |
Producteur: | Wiley |
Editeur: | Wiley |
Genre: | Autres |
Parution: | 25.09.2017 |
Protection contre la copie numérique: | Adobe DRM |
Taille de fichier: | 60.12 MB |
Nombre de pages: | 384 |
Année: | 2017 |
Sous-titre : | Englisch |
Edition: | 2. Aufl. |
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