Neural Crest and Placodes Current Topics in Developmental Biology Series

Neural Crest and Placodes provides in-depth coverage of the topic, including information on their critical role in vertebrate development, evolution, and the way defects in their development underlie a wide range of congenital disorders. It delves deep into advances made in our understanding of the mechanisms governing the formation, migration, and differentiation of these two cell populations, also discussing their integration during embryonic development.

The text highlights the application of fundamental knowledge in investigating the etiology and pathogenesis of congenital disorders and the ways the data applies to the field of regenerative medicine.

Neural Crest Cells 1. Neural Crest Cell Evolution: How and when did a Neural Crest Cell become a Neural Crest Cell William A Muñoz and Paul A Trainor 2. Resolving Time and Space Constraints during Neural Crest Formation and Delamination Jean-Loup Duband, Alwyn Dady and Vincent Fleury 3. Extended Multipotency of Neural Crest Cells and Neural Crest-Derived Cells Tsutomu Motohashi and Takahiro Kunisada 4. The Ciliary Baton: Orchestrating Neural Crest Cell Development Ching-Fang Chang, Elizabeth N. Schock, Aria Attia, Rolf W. Stottmann and Samantha A. Brugmann 5. Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling: Regulating Neural Crest Development One Phosphate at a Time Katherine A. Fantauzzo and Philippe Soriano 6. Neural Crest Cells in Cardiovascular Development Alice Plein, Alessandro Fantin and Christiana Ruhrberg 7. Molecular Control of the Neural Crest and Peripheral Nervous System Development Jason M. Newbern

Placodes 8. Vertebrate Cranial Placodes as Evolutionary Innovations – The Ancestor's Tale Gerhard Schlosser 9. Transcriptional Regulation of Cranial Sensory Placode Development Sally A. Moody and Anthony-Samuel LaMantia 10. Neural Crest and Placode Contributions to Olfactory Development Jun Suzuki and Noriko Osumi 11. Epithelial Morphogenesis: The Mouse Eye as a Model System Bharesh Chauhan, Timothy Plageman and Richard Lang 12. Developing and Regenerating a Sense of Taste Linda A. Barlow  and Ophir D. Klein 13. Signaling in Tooth, Hair and Mammary Placodes Youngwook Ahn 14. The Role of Foxi Family Transcription Factors in the Development of the Ear and Jaw Renée K. Edlund, Onur Birol and Andrew K. Groves 15. The Use of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells for the in Vitro Derivation of Cranial Placodes and Neural Crest Cells Bianca E Borchin and Tiziano Barberi

• Written by leading experts in the field
• Includes descriptions of the most recent advances in the field
• Highlights the applications of this knowledge in investigating the etiology and pathogenesis of congenital disorders
• Explores their usage in the field of regenerative medicine