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Front Cover; Neural Surface Antigens: From Basic Biology Towards Biomedical Applications; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 -- Fundamentals of Neurogenesis and Neural Stem Cell Development; 1.1 NEURULATION: FORMATION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ANLAGE; 1.2 NEURULATION AND NEURAL TUBE FORMATION; 1.3 REGIONALIZATION OF THE MAMMALIAN NEURAL TUBE; 1.4 ONSET OF NEUROGENESIS IN THE TELENCEPHALON; 1.5 THE TRANSITION OF THE NEUREPITHELIUM TO NEURAL STEM CELLS; 1.6 PROGENITOR FATE COMMITMENT AND RESTRICTION; 1.7 MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF NEURAL STEM CELL MAINTENANCE.

1.8 INTERNEURON GENERATION FROM THE VENTRAL TELENCEPHALON1.9 FORMATION OF THE CEREBRAL ISOCORTEX AND CORTICAL LAYERING; 1.10 OLIGODENDROGENESIS AND ASTROGENESIS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 -- A Brief Introduction to Neural Flow Cytometry from a Practical Perspective; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 WHAT IS FLOW CYTOMETRY?; 2.3 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF NEURAL FLOW CYTOMETRY; 2.4 CELL SORTING OF NEURAL CELLS-STEP BY STEP; 2.5 FLOW CYTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF NSCS; 2.6 FLOW CYTOMETRY OF NEURONS; 2.7 FLOW CYTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF GLIAL CELL TYPES; 2.8 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.

Chapter 3 -- CD36, CD44, and CD83 Expression and Putative Functions in Neural Tissues3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE PUTATIVE CD36 FUNCTIONS IN THE CNS: A MULTIFUNCTIONAL SCAVENGER RECEPTOR AND LIPID SENSOR; 3.3 THE EXPRESSION OF CD44 ADHESION MOLECULE IN NEURAL CELLS; 3.4 THE GLYCOPROTEIN CD83; 3.5 CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 -- Life and Death in the CNS: The Role of CD95; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 CD95 EXPRESSION IN THE HEALTHY AND DISEASED BRAIN; 4.3 FUNCTIONS AND SIGNALING OF CD95 IN THE CNS; 4.4 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES.

Chapter 5 -- Role of Fundamental Pathways of Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Neural Differentiation: Focus on Toll-like Receptors, Complement System, and T-Cell-Related Signaling5.1 MOLECULES FROM INNATE IMMUNITY; 5.2 MOLECULES FROM ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; 5.3 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 -- Neuropilins in Development and Disease of the Nervous System; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 NEUROPILINS ASSOCIATE WITH PLEXINS TO MEDIATE SEMAPHORIN SIGNALING; 6.3 NEUROPILINS AND PLEXINS COOPERATE TO CONFER SPECIFICITY TO SEMAPHORIN SIGNALING; 6.4 NEUROPILIN-MEDIATED REPULSION IN AXON GUIDANCE.

6.5 neuropilins can mediate attractive responses by axons to semaphorins6.6 neuropilins organize axon projections to provide a substrate for migrating neurons; 6.7 semaphorin signaling through neuropilins in neurons promotes neuronal migration; 6.8 vegf-a as an alternative neuropilin ligand in the nervous system; 6.9 differential vegf-a isoform affinity for the two neuropilins; 6.10 vegf-a signaling through neuropilin 1; 6.11 nrp1 in cns angiogenesis; 6.12 vegf-a/nrp1 signaling promotes contralateral axon projection across the optic chiasm.

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