Neural Development

A focus on neural circuit assembly

Our latest article collection on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neural circuit assembly includes views from vertebrate and invertebrate model systems and covers a spectrum of topics from the development to the function of neuronal circuits.

Content type: Research article
| 15 September 2018

DSCAM differentially modulates pre- and postsynaptic structural and functional central connectivity during visual system wiring

Authors: Rommel A. Santos, Ariel J. C. Fuertes, Ginger Short, Kevin C. Donohue, Hanjuan Shao, Julian Quintanilla, Parinaz Malakzadeh and Susana Cohen-Cory
Content type: Methodology
| 15 September 2018

Live imaging of developing mouse retinal slices

Authors: Anthony P. Barrasso, Shang Wang, Xuefei Tong, Audrey E. Christiansen, Irina V. Larina and Ross A. Poché
Content type: Research article
| 14 September 2018

Genomic analysis of transcriptional networks directing progression of cell states during MGE development

Authors: Magnus Sandberg, Leila Taher, Jianxin Hu, Brian L. Black, Alex S. Nord and John L. R. Rubenstein
Content type: Review
| 13 September 2018

Sympathetic tales: subdivisons of the autonomic nervous system and the impact of developmental studies

Authors: Uwe Ernsberger and Hermann Rohrer
Content type: Research article
| 18 August 2018

Ensheathing cells utilize dynamic tiling of neuronal somas in development and injury as early as neuronal differentiation

Authors: Evan L. Nichols, Lauren A. Green and Cody J. Smith

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Content type: Review
| 21 February 2013

Neurogenesis in zebrafish – from embryo to adult

Authors: Rebecca Schmidt, Uwe Strähle and Steffen Scholpp
Content type: Review
| 27 June 2012

Rediscovering the chick embryo as a model to study retinal development

Authors: M Natalia Vergara and M Valeria Canto-Soler
Content type: Review
| 2 May 2007

Drosophilaas a genetic and cellular model for studies on axonal growth

Authors: Natalia Sánchez-Soriano, Guy Tear, Paul Whitington and Andreas Prokop
Content type: Research article
| 2 March 2009

Cell proliferation in the Drosophila adult brain revealed by clonal analysis and bromodeoxyuridine labelling

Authors: Jakob W von Trotha, Boris Egger and Andrea H Brand
Content type: Review
| 15 March 2010

Insulin receptor signaling in the development of neuronal structure and function

Authors: Shu-Ling Chiu and Hollis T Cline

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Neural Development

A focus on neural circuit assembly

Articles

DSCAM differentially modulates pre- and postsynaptic structural and functional central connectivity during visual system wiring

Live imaging of developing mouse retinal slices

Genomic analysis of transcriptional networks directing progression of cell states during MGE development

Sympathetic tales: subdivisons of the autonomic nervous system and the impact of developmental studies

Ensheathing cells utilize dynamic tiling of neuronal somas in development and injury as early as neuronal differentiation

Neurogenesis in zebrafish – from embryo to adult

Rediscovering the chick embryo as a model to study retinal development

Drosophilaas a genetic and cellular model for studies on axonal growth

Cell proliferation in the Drosophila adult brain revealed by clonal analysis and bromodeoxyuridine labelling

Insulin receptor signaling in the development of neuronal structure and function

News from BMC

Challenges to globalizing genetic predictions of health and disease

The new protein on the learning and memory scene: Sirtuin 6

Understanding your environmental impacts – the Planetary Accounting approach

Aims & scope

Featured Article

Reasons to publish with us

Brain Awareness Week at BMC

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