After induction and specification in the ectoderm, at the border of the neural plate, the neural
crest (NC) population leaves its original territory through a delamination process. Soon …

Apoptotic cells are commonly observed in a broad range of tissues during mammalian
embryonic and fetal development. Specific requirements and functions of programmed cell …

Abstract ANANDAMIDE (N-arachidonoyl-ethanolamine) was recently identified as a brain
arachidonate derivative that binds to and activates cannabinoid receptors1–4, yet the …

Intrinsic apoptosis, reliant on BAX and BAK, has been postulated to be fundamental for
morphogenesis, but its precise contribution to this process has not been fully explored in …

A recurrent theme in embryonic development and tissue regeneration is that cells
communicate with each other using just a handful of conserved families of signaling …

Neural crest cells are a transient embryonic cell population that migrate collectively to
various locations throughout the embryo to contribute a number of cell types to several …

During vertebrate craniofacial development, neural crest cells (NCCs) contribute much of the
cartilage, bone and connective tissue that make up the developing head. Although the initial …

▪ Abstract The Eph receptors are the largest known family of receptor tyrosine kinases.
Initially all of them were identified as orphan receptors without known ligands, and their …

The neural crest (NC) yields pluripotent cells endowed with migratory properties. They give
rise to neurons, glia, melanocytes and endocrine cells, and to diversemesenchymal' …

Members of the Notch family of transmembrane receptors mediate a number of
developmental decisions in invertebrates. In order to study Notch function in a vertebrate …