Molecular Aspects of Development and Aging of the Nervous System

Chapter 1 Transient Induction of Gene Expression in the Nervous System in Response to Extracellular Signals

Chapter 2 Developmental Regulation of Myelin-Associated Genes in the Normal and the Myelin Deficient Mutant Rat

Chapter 3 Analysis of Glial Scarring in the Mammalian CNS with a GFAP cDNA Probe

Chapter 4 Regulation of the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and of its encoding mRNA in the developing brain and in cultured astrocytes.

Chapter 5 Cell Lineage Studies in Avian Neural Crest Ontogeny

Chapter 6 Characterization of Trophic Factors Stored and Secreted by Neurons

Chapter 7 Neuropeptides as Positive or Negative Neuronal Growth Regulatory Factors: Effects of Acth and Leu-Enkephalin on Cultured Serotonergic Neurons

Chapter 8 Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Affects the Survival and Development of Mesencephalic Neurons in Culture

Chapter 9 Role of Trophic Factors in Neuronal Aging

Chapter 10 Localization of the Normal Cellular SRC Protein to the Growth Cone of Differentiating Neurons in Brain and Retina

Chapter 11 A Role of Ras Oncogenes in Carcinogenesis and Differentiation

Chapter 12 Neuronal Localization of the Nerve Growth Factor Precursor-Like Immunoreactivity in the Cortex and Hippocampus of the Rat Brain

Chapter 13 Development of NILE Glycoprotein in Chick Brain

Chapter 14 Structural and Molecular Polarity in Retinal Photoreceptor Neurons: Roles for the Cytoskeleton

Chapter 15 Matrix Interactions Regulating Myelinogenesis in Cultured Oligodendrocytes

Chapter 16 Cerebellar Granule Cell Migration Involves Proteolysis

Chapter 17 Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule as a Regulator of Cell-Cell Interactions

Chapter 18 Structure and Function of the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules NCAM and L1

Chapter 19 Monosialogangliosides and Their Action in Modulating Neuroplastic Behaviors of Neuronal Cells

Chapter 20 Serotonin and Morphogenesis in the Cultured Mouse Embryo

Chapter 21 Neurotransmitter Activation of Second Messenger Pathways for the Control of Growth Cone Behaviors

Chapter 22 Dibutyryl Cyclic AMP Treatment of Astrocytes in Primary Cultures as a Substitute for Normal Morphogenic and ‘Functiogenic’ Transmitter Signals

Chapter 23 The Ontogeny of Adrenergic Fibers in Rat Spinal Cord

Chapter 24 Early Experimental Influences on Serotonin Pathways during Brain Development

Chapter 25 Ontogeny of the Glucocorticoid Receptor in the Rat Brain

Chapter 26 Molecular Genetic Approaches in the Therapy of Alzheimer’s Disease

Chapter 27 Tau Protein: Its Presence and Metabolism in Human Neuroblastoma Cells

Chapter 28 Genetics of the Alzheimer Amyloid Protein Precursor

Chapter 29 Aberrant Protein Kinase C Cascades in Alzheimer’s Disease

Chapter 30 Developmental Expression of Amyloid Precursor Protein in Normal and Trisomy 16 Mice