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Encoding and decoding time in neural development
Author(s) -
Toma Kenichi,
Wang TienCheng,
Hanashima Carina
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
development, growth and differentiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1440-169X
pISSN - 0012-1592
DOI - 10.1111/dgd.12257
Subject(s) - decoding methods , encoding (memory) , neural decoding , computer science , speech recognition , artificial intelligence , telecommunications
The development of a multicellular organism involves time‐dependent changes in molecular and cellular states; therefore ‘time’ is an indispensable mathematical parameter of ontogenesis. Regardless of their inextricable relationship, there is a limited number of events for which the output of developmental phenomena primarily uses temporal cues that are generated through multilevel interactions between molecules, cells, and tissues. In this review, we focus on neural stem cells, which serve as a faithful decoder of temporal cues to transmit biological information and generate specific output in the developing nervous system. We further explore the identity of the temporal information that is encoded in neural development, and how this information is decoded into various cellular fate decisions.