Organizing principles of neural development : [proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Organizing Principles of Neural Development, held June 1-12, 1982, in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal

This volume contains summaries of most of the invited presentations at the NATO Advanced Study Institute "Organizing Principles of Neural Development", held in Povoa de Varzim, Portugal, from June 1-12, 1982. The meeting was intended to bring together a select group of investigators to present their views on problems in the field and to foster extensive discussions in smaller groups. It was hoped that such communications would pique curiousity and creativity among the students and thus help in formulating additional hypotheses regarding the type of interactions which might underlie neural development. Despite the wide range of material covered at this institute, a common theme seemed to emerge: at all stages of their develop­ mental history, the cells of the nervous system interact with previously generated cells (both neurons and non-neurons) as well as with other constituents of the developmental milieu. The pre­ sentations at this meeting helped in comprehending how a relatively "simple" series of sequential events might provide the necessary information needed to generate the diversity, characteristic of the adult nervous system, without hypothesizing on the existence of specific genes acting to control each step. Front Matter....Pages i-viii In Vivo and in Vitro Studies on the Development of the Peripheral Nervous System....Pages 1-19 Organizing Principles for Development of Primate Cerebral Cortex....Pages 21-48 Cellular Interactions and the Survival and Maintenance of Neurons During Development....Pages 49-80 The Sprouting and Distribution of Sensory Nerve Endings....Pages 81-92 Nerve Growth-Promoting Activities in Embryonic and Adult Tissues....Pages 93-107 Macromolecular Factors Involved in the Regulation of the Survival and Differentiation of Neurons During Development....Pages 109-127 A Genetic Analysis of Early Neurogenesis in Drosophila....Pages 129-143 Semantics and Neural Development....Pages 145-160 Developmental Neurobiology of the Leech....Pages 161-175 Development of Neurotransmitter Systems in the Goldfish Retina....Pages 177-186 Postnatal Neurochemical Development of the Rat Visual System....Pages 187-203 Development of Peptide Immunoreactivity in the Hippocampus, Visual Cortex and Retina....Pages 205-249 The Embryonic Development of the Cerebral Cortex: What Can We Learn from Reptiles?....Pages 251-259 An Investigation of the Development of Ocular Dominance and Orientation Columns in Cat Striate Cortex Using 2-Deoxyglucose....Pages 261-275 Mutation-Induced Disorders of Mammalian Forebrain Development....Pages 277-305 The Generation of Binocular Maps in the Hamster Superior Colliculus: Normal and Neonatally Enucleated Animals....Pages 307-323 Development of the Retinotectal Projection in Chicks....Pages 325-342 Interactions of Axons with their Environment: The Chick Retino-Tectal System as a Model....Pages 343-360 Ordered Nerve Connections: Pathways and Maps....Pages 361-381 Changes in the Cytoskeleton Provide an Index of Growth Activity and Cell Interactions During Nervous System Regeneration and Plasticity....Pages 383-413 Back Matter....Pages 415-421