Current Topics in Developmental Biology
Academic Press
Published on 25. February 1981
402 pages
978-0-08-058439-3 (ISBN)
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- Front Cover
- Current Topics in Developmental Biology
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction to Techniques in Developmental Electrobiology
- I. Introduction
- II. Recording with Extracellular Electrodes
- III. Recording with lntracellular Electrodes
- IV. Problems in Measurements of lntracellular Potentials
- V. Methods for Measuring Electrical Membrane Properties
- VI. lontophoresis of Pharmacological or Marker Substances
- VII. Ion-Selective Electrodes for the Measurement of Intracellular Ion Activities
- VIII. Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2. Migration and Differentiation of Neural Crest Cells
- I. The Neural Crest Derivatives
- II. Role of the Environment in Crest Cell Migration
- III. Development of the Peripheral Nervous System
- IV. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3. Development of Specific Synaptic Networks in Orgonotypic CNS Tissue Cultures
- I. Introduction: Model Systems for Studies on Neuronal Specificity Mechanisms
- II. Formation of Specific Functional Synaptic Networks in Vitro
- III. Formation of Functional Retinotectal Connections in Cocultures of Fetal Mouse Explants
- IV. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 4. Differentiation of Excitable Membranes
- I. Introduction
- II. Historical Review
- III. The Membrane Action Potential: Variations on a Theme
- IV. Membrane Currents that Underlie the Action Potential
- V. Developmental Changes in Action Potential Mechanisms
- References
- Chapter 5. Regulation of the Elongating Nerve Fiber
- I. Introduction
- II. Morphology of Nerve Fibers and Growth Cones
- III. Behavior of Neurites and Growth Cones
- IV. "Intrinsic" Regulation of Neuronal Behavior
- V. "Extrinsic" Regulation of Neuronal Behavior
- VI. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6. Nerve Growth Factors and Control of Nerve Growth
- I. Introduction
- II. Survival, Trophic, and Specifying Factors
- III. Factors Directed toward Ciliary Ganglionic Neurons
- IV. The NGF
- V. Neurite Growth
- VI. Trophic and Neurite-Promoting Influences in Early Development
- References
- Chapter 7. Requirements for the Formation and Maintenance of Neuromuscular Connections
- I. Introduction
- II. Formation of Neuromuscular Junctions
- III. Development of the Synaptic Machinery
- IV. Maintenance of Synaptic Connections
- V. Competitive Interaction among End Plates
- VI. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 8. Colony Culture of Neural Cells as a Method for the Study of Cell Lineages in the Developing CNS: The Astrocyte Cell Lineage
- I. Introduction
- II. Colony Cultures
- III. Embryological Development of Colony Forming Cells
- IV. Heterogeneity of Cell Colonies
- V. Origin of Type-A Colonies
- VI. Astrocyte Cell Lineage in Tissue Cultures
- VII. Astrocyte Cell Lineage in Vivo
- VIII. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 9. Glia Maturation Factor RAMON LIM
- I. Introduction
- II. How Glia Maturation Factor Was Detected
- III. Effect of GMF on Cellular Dynamics and the Ultrastructure of Glioblasts
- IV. Effect of GMF on Chemistry of Glioblasts
- V. Evidence that the Cells Are Glia
- VI. Chemical Nature of GMF
- VII. Distribution of GMF
- VIII. Possible Biological Role of GMF
- IX. General Implications in Cell Biology
- X. Summary
- References
- Chapter 10. Molecular and Lectin Probe Analyses of Neuronol Differentiation
- I. General Properties of Neuroblastoma Clones
- II. Differentiation
- III. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 11. Cellular Metaplasia or Transdifferentiation as a Model for Retinal Cell Differentiation
- I. Introduction
- II. Cellular and Tissue Metaplasia from Retinal Pigmented Epithelium
- III. Cellular and Tissue Metaplasia from Neural Retina
- IV. Cellular Metaplasia or Transdifferentiation of Neuroretinal Cells in Cell Culture
- V. Summary
- References
- Chapter 12 . RNA Sequence Complexity in Central Nervous System Development and Plasticity
- I. Introduction
- II. Nuclear RNA Complexity of Mammalian Brain
- III. mRNA Complexity of Mammalian Brain
- IV. RNA Sequence Compartmentation in Brain
- V. Effects of Development and Aging on RNA Complexity
- VI. Sensory Experience and the Plasticity of Gene Expression
- VII. Neuroblastoma Differentiation: A Model for Selective Gene Expression during Neural Development
- VIII. Summary and Conclusions
- References
- Index
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