This volume is a collection of articles written by Nobel Laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini and published from 1942 to 1995. Studies described in the first part set the stage for the discovery of a protein molecule which became known as the Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), described in detail in the second part. The NGF synthesized in minute amounts in all vertebrate tissues, plays an essential role in the differentiation and survival of several nerve cell populations in the peripheral and central nervous system. The discovery of the NGF was defined by the Nobel Foundation as a milestone in developmental neurobiology, and the author was awarded in 1986 with this prestigious award. Studies pursued in subsequent years and still in progress, have unveiled other fundamental properties of the NGF, described in the third part of this volume.
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Ever since the science of experimental neuroembryology emerged from the more general field of experimental embryology, most effort has been directed towards obtaining information on the mechanisms which control growth and differentiation of nerve cells in the vertebrate nervous system and on the factors which interact in the building of the immensely complex wiring network of the Central Nervous System (CNS). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Washington University, Viktor Hamburger, Cancer Research, Luigi Aloe, Consiglio Nazionale, Institute of Neurobiology, Chemical Basis of Development, Academic Press, Istituto Superiore, Rio de Janeiro, Stanley Cohen, Johns Hopkins Press, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, National Science Foundation, Neurosci Lett, Neurosci Res, Viale Marx, American Cancer Society, Arthritis Rheum, Biologia Cellulare, Dal Toso, National Research Council, Pergamon Press, Public Health Service New!
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Ever since the science of experimental neuroembryology emerged from the more general field of experimental embryology, most effort has been directed towards obtaining information on the mechanisms which control growth and differentiation of nerve cells in the vertebrate nervous system and on the factors which interact in the building of the immensely complex wiring network of the Central Nervous System (CNS). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Washington University, Viktor Hamburger, Cancer Research, Luigi Aloe, Consiglio Nazionale, Institute of Neurobiology, Chemical Basis of Development, Academic Press, Istituto Superiore, Rio de Janeiro, Stanley Cohen, Johns Hopkins Press, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, National Science Foundation, Neurosci Lett, Neurosci Res, Viale Marx, American Cancer Society, Arthritis Rheum, Biologia Cellulare, Dal Toso, National Research Council, Pergamon Press, Public Health Service New!
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- The Molecular and Developmental Biology and Keratins (Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Vol. 22) by Roger H. Sawyer on page 302, and page 304
- Autonomic Ganglia by Larsgosta Elfvin on page 407, and Back Matter
- The Nervous System by Peter Nathan on page 81, and page 264
- The Mast Cell in Health and Disease (Lung Biology in Health and Disease) by Kaliner on page 459
- Cell Death in Biology and Pathology by I. Bowen in Back Matter
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- The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science (Oxford Companions Ncs) by John L. Heilbron on page 459
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