Atlas of Early Zebrafish Brain Development 2nd Edition

Features:

• Documentation on the distribution of neurons expressing GABA, dopamine and serotonin
• Material on the basal ganglia, hypothalamus, and the caudal, segmented part of the diencephalon
• New theories about the early organization of the telencephalon and thalamus
• Integration of a comparative perspective on the mid- and hindbrain

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Vertebrate Central Nervous System Development: Introduction

Abstract

1.1 Introductory Remarks: The Order of the Universe

1.2 Major Developmental Stages of the Vertebrate Neural Tube

1.3 Functional Brain Architecture: Mammalian Examples

1.4 Primary and Secondary Neurogenesis in Anamniotes and Amniotes

1.5 The Approach of This Book

Chapter 2: Atlas of Cellular Markers in Zebrafish Neurogenesis: Atlas

Abstract

2.1 Choice and Characterization of Molecular Markers

2.2 Technical Details

2.3 The End of Embryonic Life (2 Days): Outset of Secondary Neurogenesis

2.4 The Early Larva (3 Days): The Emergence of Brain Subdivisions

2.5 The Late Larva (5 Days): Increasing Differentiation

2.6 The Emergence of Transmitter Phenotypes (2 and 3 days): GABA

Chapter 3: Interpretation of Data—How to Use the Atlas: Analysis

Abstract

3.1 General and Local Dynamics of Neurogenesis

3.2 The Generation of Glutamatergic Versus GABAergic Neurons

3.3 The Generation of Modulatory Neurons

3.4 The Exception to the Rule: Peripheral Proliferation and Neurogenesis in the Diencephalon (M1 and M2)

3.5 The Cerebellar and Rhombic Lip Region: Pervasive Tangential Migration

3.6 BrdU Proliferation Assays

Chapter 4: Comparison of Vertebrate Model Systems: Model Systems

Abstract

4.1 Development of Pallial and Subpallial Territories in Vertebrates

4.2 Mammalian Telencephalon: Pallial and Subpallial Gene Expression Patterns

4.3 Teleostean Telencephalon: Evolution and Development of Pallial Territories in the Zebrafish

4.4 Subpallial Territories: Identification and Development of the Zebrafish Basal Ganglia

4.5 Conserved Early Diencephalic Gene Expression Patterns in Vertebrates

4.6 Expression of Basic Helix-Loop-Helix (bHLH) Genes Indicates a Phylotypic Stage of Neurogenesis within a Conserved Vertebrate Forebrain Bauplan

References

Abbreviations

Index