Neuronal guidance : the biology of brain wiring : a subject collection from Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology / edited by Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Alex L. Kolodkin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tessier-Lavigne, Marc.

Kolodkin, Alex

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neurons--Growth.

Neurons.

Axons.

Axons--physiology.

Neurons--physiology.

Neurogenesis.

Signal Transduction--physiology.

Medical Subjects:

Axons--physiology.

Neurons--physiology.

Neurogenesis.

Signal Transduction--physiology.

Physical Description:

viii, 397 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

Biology of brain wiring

Place of Publication:

Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, [2011]

Contents:

Mechanisms and molecules of neuronal wiring : a primer / Alex L. Kolodkin and Marc Tessier-Lavigne

Cellular strategies of axonal pathfinding / Jonathan Raper and Carol Mason

Navigating intermediate targets : the nervous system midline / Barry J. Dickson and Yimin Zou

Motor axon pathfinding / Dario Bonanomi and Samuel L. Pfaff

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of lamina-specific axon targeting / Andrew D. Huberman, Tom R. Clandinin, and Herwig Baier

Self-avoidance and tiling : mechanisms of dendrite and axon spacing / Wesley B. Grueber and Alvaro Sagasti

Visual map development : bidirectional signaling, bifunctional guidance molecules, and competition / David A. Feldheim and Dennis D.M. O'Leary

Topographic mapping : the olfactory system / Takeshi Imai, Hitoshi Sakano, and Leslie B. Vosshall

Wiring the brain : the biology of neuronal guidance / Alain Chédotal and Linda J. Richards

Human genetic disorders of axon guidance / Elizabeth C. Engle

Initiating and growing an axon / Franck Polleux and William Snider

The growth cone cytoskeleton in axon outgrowth and guidance / Erik W. Dent, Stephanie L. Gupton, and Frank B. Gertler

Rho and ras GTpases in axon growth, guidance, and branching / Alan Hall and Giovanna Lalli

Signaling from axon guidance receptors / Greg J. Bashaw and Rüdiger Klein

Trafficking guidance receptors / Bettina Winckler and Ira Mellman

Guiding neuronal cell migrations / Oscar Marín ... [et al.]

Guidance molecules in synapse formation and plasticity / Kang Shen and Christopher W. Cowan

Guidance molecules in axon pruning and cell death / Pierre Vanderhaeghen and Hwai-Jong Cheng

Guidance molecules in axon regeneration / Roman J. Giger, Edmund R. Hollis II, and Mark H. Tuszynski

Axon guidance molecules in vascular patterning / Ralf H. Adams and Anne Eichmann.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0879698977

9780879698973

OCLC:

670176124

Publisher Number:

99949622191