Open AccessPatterning the nervous system through development and evolution
Author(s) -
Alain Ghysen,
Christine DamblyChaudière,
David W. Raible
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the international journal of developmental biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.837
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1696-3547
pISSN - 0214-6282
DOI - 10.1387/ijdb.103182ag
Subject(s) - biology , danio , neuroanatomy , nervous system , drosophila melanogaster , neuroscience , model system , sensory system , neural development , evolutionary biology , lineage (genetic) , drosophila (subgenus) , zebrafish , anatomy , cognitive science , computational biology , genetics , gene , psychology
We report presentations and discussions at a meeting held in May 2010 in the small village of Minerve, in the south of France. The meeting was devoted mostly but not exclusively to patterning in the nervous system, with an emphasis on two model organisms, Drosophila Melanogaster and Danio rerio. Among the major issues presented were fear and its neuroanatomy, life in darkness, patterning of sensory systems, as well as fundamental issues of neural connectivity, including the role of lineage in neural development. Talks on large-scale patterning and re-patterning, and on the mouse as a third model system, concluded the meeting.