Author | Donkelaar, H. J. ten. author |
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Title | Development and Regenerative Capacity of Descending Supraspinal Pathways in Tetrapods: A Comparative Approach [electronic resource] / by H. J. ten Donkelaar |
Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57125-1 |
Descript | X, 145 p. 40 illus. online resource |
1 Introduction -- 1.1 Phylogenetic Constancy of Descending Supraspinal Pathways -- 1.2 Attractive Animal Models for Studies on the Development of Motor Systems -- 1.3 Axonal Pathfinding -- 1.4 Regenerative Capacity of Descending Supraspinal Pathways -- 1.5 Scope of the Present Review -- 2 Materials and Techniques -- 2.1 Cytoarchitectonic Analysis -- 2.2 Immunohistochemical Procedures -- 2.3 Tract-Tracing Studies -- 2.4 [3H]-Thymidine Studies -- 3 Descending Pathways to the Spinal Cord in Tetrapods: A Brief Outline -- 4 Staging Systems -- 4.1 Systems for Staging Amphibian Embryos -- 4.2 Staging Chicken Embryos -- 4.3 Systems for Staging the Prenatal and Postnatal Development of Opossums -- 4.4 Systems for Staging Rodent and Primate Embryos -- 5 Development of Descending Supraspinal Pathways in Amphibians -- 5.1 Development and Regenerative Capacity of the Motor System in Urodeles -- 5.2 Development of Anurans: Two Motor Systems -- 5.3 Neurogenesis of Brainstem Motor Nuclei: Birthday Data in Xenopus laevis -- 5.4 Tract-Tracing Data in Anurans -- 6 Development of Descending Supraspinal Pathways in Birds -- 6.1 Some Notes on the Development of the Avian Brain Stem and Spinal Cord -- 6.2 Birthday Studies in Chickens -- 6.3 Tract-Tracing Data in the Chicken Embryo -- 7 Development of Descending Supraspinal Pathways In Opossums -- 7.1 Some Notes on the Development of the CNS in Opossums -- 7.2 Birthday Studies -- 7.3 Tract-Tracing Data in Opossums -- 8 Development of Descending Supraspinal Pathways in Placental Animals -- 8.1 Initial Tract Formation -- 8.2 Tract-Tracing Data in Rodents -- 8.3 Tract-Tracing Data in Cats -- 8.4 Tract-Tracing Data in Primates -- 9 Development of Descending Supraspinal Pathways in Man -- 9.1 Some Notes on the Development of the Human Spinal Cord -- 9.2 Development of Descending Brainstem Pathways in Man -- 9.3 Development of Corticospinal Projections in Man -- 10 Concluding Remarks -- 10.1 The Outgrowth of Descending Supraspinal Pathways Is the Result of a Coordinated Program -- 10.2 The Pattern of Early Descending Axonal Tracts Is Similar in All Vertebrate Groups -- 10.3 The Formation of Descending Supraspinal Pathways Occurs According to a Developmental Sequence -- 10.4 The Earliest Descending Supraspinal Fibers Arrive in a Rather Immature Spinal Cord -- 10.5 The Regenerative Capacity of Descending Supraspinal Pathways Depends on Their Developmental Stage -- 11 Summary -- References