Structure, Development, and Phylogeny of Cranial Nerves
"Acta Anatomica", Vol 148, No 2-3 (1993). Special Topic Issue: Cells Tissues Organs 1993, Vol. 148, No. 2-3
Published on 2. December 1993
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978-3-8055-5909-6 (ISBN)
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The cranial nerves are of continued interest to vertebrate morphologists because they are fundamental to studies designed to better understand the origin and organization of the head of craniates. During the past decade, immunohistochemical and transplantation experiments have lead to a re-evaluation of the traditional views concerning the development of head mesoderm, neurectoderm, and the central and peripheral connections of the functional components of the cranial nerves. Authored by comparative zoologists and other experts, these contributions review and reinterpret traditional views on the basis of new findings in both embryos and adults. They also present new perspectives on the origin and evolution of the cranial nerves. The information will be useful to vertebrate morphologists and other investigators with an interest in cranial nerves.
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A reassessment of Goodrich's model of cranial nerve phylogeny, R.G. Northcutt; terminal nerve complex, L.S. Demski; cranial and spinal nerve organization in amphioxus and lampreys - evidence for an ancestral craniate pattern, B. Fritzsch, R.G. Northcutt; conservation of neuroepithelial and mesodermal segments in the embryonic vertebrate head, E. Gilland, R. Baker; brainstem organization and branchiometric nerves, D.B. Wake; what's so special about special visceral?, T.E. Finger; motor components of the trigeminal nerve and organization of the mandibular arch muscles in vertebrates - phylogenetically conservative patterns and their ontogenetic basis, J. Song, R.L. Boord; organization of the vagus in elasmobranchs - its bearing on a primitive gnathostome condition, D.G. Sperry, R.L. Boord; evolutionary diversification of cranial and spinal nerves and their targets in the gymnophione amphibians, M.H. Wake.