<p>Part I: Induction and Patterning of the CNS and PNS<br>1. Telencephalon Patterning<br>S. Tole, J. Hébert<br>2. Morphogens, Patterning Centers, and their Mechanisms of Action<br>E.A. Grove, E.S. Monuki<br>3. Midbrain Patterning: Isthmus Organizer, Tectum Regionalization, and Polarity Formation<br>H. Nakamura<br>4. Area Patterning of the Mammalian Cortex<br>D.D.M. O'Leary, A.M. Stocker, A. Zembrzycki<br>5. The Formation and Maturation of Neuromuscular Junctions<br>C.R. Hayworth, R.J. Balice-Gordon<br>6. Neural Induction of Embryonic Stem/Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells<br>K. Brennand, F. Gage<br>7. Spinal Cord Patterning<br>W.D. Gifford, M. Hayashi, M. Sternfeld, J. Tsai, W.A. Alaynick, S.L. Pfaff<br>8. Patterning of the Diencephalon<br>L. Puelles, S. Martinez<br>9. Neural Induction Embryonic Stem Cells<br>C. Kintner, A. Hemmati-Brivanlou<br>10. Plan of the Developing Vertebrate Nervous System: Relating Embryology to the Adult Nervous System (Prosomere Model, Overview of Brain Organization)<br>L. Puelles<br>11. Cerebellar Patterning<br>J.K. Fahrion, Y. Komuro, N. Ohno, Y. Littner, C. Nelson, T. Kumada, B. Lamb, H. Komuro<br>12. Hox Genes and Neural Patterning in Drosophila<br>P.A. Kuert, H. Reichert<br>13. Induction and Patterning of Neural Crest and Ectodermal Placodes and their Derivatives<br>J. Begbie</p> <p>Part II: Generation of Neuronal Diversity<br>14. Cell Biology of Neuronal Progenitor Cells<br>S. Temple, Q. Shen<br>15. Cell Cycle Regulation in Brain Construction<br>M. Crespo, M.E. Ross<br>16. Regulation of Neuronal Survival by Neurotrophins in the Developing Peripheral Nervous System<br>A.M. Davies<br>17. Notch and Neural Development<br>J.J. Breunig, B.R. Nelson<br>18. bHLH Factors in Neurogenesis and Neuronal Subtype Specification<br>H.C. Lai, D.M. Meredith, J.E. Johnson<br>19. Environmental Cues and Signaling Pathways that Regulate Neural Precursor Development<br>A. Gauthier-Fisher, F.D. Miller<br>20. Specification of Neural Crest- and Placode-Derived Neurons<br>L. Sommer<br>21. The Specification and Generation of Neurons in the Ventral Spinal Cord<br>M. Matise, K. Sharma<br>22. Neurogenesis in the Cerebellum<br>V.V. Chizhikov, K.J. Millen<br>23. The Generation of Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons<br>S.R.W. Stott, S.-L. Ang<br>24. Neurogenesis in the Basal Ganglia <br>J.L.R. Rubenstein, K. Campbell<br>25. Specification of Cortical Projection Neurons: Transcriptional Mechanisms<br>J.L. MacDonald, R.M. Fame, E. Azim, S.J. Shnider, B.J. Molyneaux, P. Arlotta, J.D. Macklis<br>26. The Generation of Cortical Interneurons<br>R. Batista-Brito, G. Fishell<br>27. Specification of Retinal Cell Types<br>R.B. Hufnagel, N.L. Brown<br>28. Neurogenesis in the Postnatal VZ-SVZ and the Origin of Interneuron Diversity<br>A. Alvarez-Buylla, F. Merkle, L. Fuentealba<br>29. Neurogenesis in the Damaged Mammalian Brain<br>M. Nakafuku, A. Grande<br>30. Neurogenesis in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans*<br>O. Hobert<br>31. Development of the Drosophila Embryonic Ventral Nerve Cord: From Neuroectoderm to Unique Neurons and Glia <br>J. Benito-Sipos, M. Baumgardt, S. Thor<br>32. Neurogenesis in Zebrafish<br>A. Alunni, M. Coolen, I. Foucher, L. Bally-Cuif</p> <p>Part III: Development of Glia, Blood Vessels, Choroid Plexus, Immune Cells in the Nervous System<br>33. ‘Glial’ Biology: Has it Come to the Beginning of the End?<br>D. Rowitch, A. Alvarez-Buylla<br>34. Neural Stem Cells Among Glia<br>A. Alvarez-Buylla, A. Kriegstein<br>35. Structure and Function of Myelinated Axons<br>S.A. Buffington, M.N. Rasband<br>36. Mechanisms of Astrocyte Development<br>A.V. Molofsky, C. Hochstim, B. Deneen, D. Rowitch<br>37. Specification of Macroglia by Transcription Factors: Oligodendrocytes<br>M. Wegner<br>38. Specification of Macroglia by Transcription Factors: Schwann Cells<br>D. Meijer, J. Svaren<br>39. Signaling Pathways that Regulate Glial Development and Early Migration Oligodendrocytes<br>R.H. Miller<br>40. Signaling Pathways that Regulate Glial Development and Early Migration Schwann Cells<br>K.R. Jessen, R. Mirsky<br>41. Microglia<br>A.E. Cardona, R.M. Ransohoff, K. Akassoglou<br>42. Ependyma, Choroid<br>A. Meunier, K. Sawamoto, N. Spassky<br>43. Meninges and Vasculature<br>J.A. Siegenthaler, S.J. Pleasure<br>44. Neuron–Glial Interactions: Schwann Cells<br>M.H. Schwab, M.W. Sereda, K.-A. Nave<br>45. Neuron–Glial Interactions: Neurotransmitter Signaling to Cells of the Oligodendrocyte Lineage<br>L.M. De Biase, D.E. Bergles<br>46. Invertebrate Glia<br>T. Stork, M.R. Freeman<br>47. Nonmammalian Model Systems: Zebrafish<br>B. Appel<br>48. New Approaches in Glial Biology: Imaging Neuroglial Pathology In Vivo<br>I. Nikić, T. Misgeld, M. Kerschensteiner<br>Index</p>