Cortical Development

1. Dynamic Notch Signaling in Neural Progenitor Cells
Hiromi Shimojo, Yuki Maeda, Toshiyuki Ohtsuka, Ryoichiro Kageyama

2. Proneural Proteins and the Development of the Cerebral Cortex
Julian Heng, François Guillemot

3. The Role of the Transcription Factor Pax6 in Brain Development and Evolution: Evidence and Hypothesis
Noriko Osumi, Takako Kikkawa

4. Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying the Neurogenesis-to-Gliogenesis Switch by Neural Stem Cells
Takuya Shimazaki

5. Specification of GABAergic Neocortical Interneurons
Goichi Miyoshi, Robert P. Machold, Gord Fishell

6. Regulation of Cortical Circuit Formation
Fernanda M. Rodríguez-Tornos, Beatriz Cubelos, Marta Nieto

7. Neocortical Neurogenesis and Circuit Assembly
Peng Gao, Khadeejah T. Sultan, Xin-Jun Zhang, Song-Hai Shi

8. Hierarchical Organization of Neocortical Neuron Types
Yasuo Kawaguchi

9. Emerging Roles of Heparan Sulfate in Axon Guidance Signaling
Masayuki Masu

10. The Roles of RECK, a Membrane-Anchored Regulator of Pericellular Proteolysis, in Neural Development
Makoto Noda

11. Synapse Formation in the Brain
Masayoshi Mishina, Tomoyuki Yoshida, Misato Yasumura, Takeshi Uemura

12. Genomic Imprinting in the Mammalian Brain
Wei-Chao Huang, Christopher Gregg

13. Genes Selectively Expressed in the Visual Cortex of the Old World Monkey
Yusuke Komatsu, Shigeko Toita, Masanari Ohtsuka, Toru Takahata, Shiro Tochitani, Tetsuo Yamamori

Nyckelord: Biomedicine, Neurosciences, Developmental Biology, Cell Biology