Molecular Bases of Axonal Growth and Pathfinding (Springer Special) - Softcover

 
9783540635222: Molecular Bases of Axonal Growth and Pathfinding (Springer Special)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 354063522X ISBN 13: 9783540635222
Publisher: Springer, 1997

Synopsis

This CTR-Special is on one of the most exciting topics in the neurosciences, the regulation of axonal growth during development and in the injured nervous system by attraction and repulsion. How the specific wiring of billions of neuronal connections is achieved in the brain has been of interest since the days of Cajal, and even earlier. The implications of this topic extend far beyond developmental neurobiology into the fields of applied medicine, clinical neurology and related disciplines. Following the discoveries of Eph receptors and their ligands, semaphorins and netrins, the field has greatly expanded in the past 2 years and continues to grow. Much of the current fascination for some of these molecules is related to their ambiguous roles in axonal growth promotion and repulsion.

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Synopsis

This special edition of CTR, volume 290/2, deals with the molecular bases of axonal growth and pathfinding. Chapters cover areas including: the role of morphogenetic genes and transcription factors in axon tract formation; and semaphorins and other repulsive guidance cues.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
354063522X
ISBN 13 
9783540635222
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
292
Editor
Drescher U., Faissner A., Klein R., Rathjen F.G., Stürmer C.