title: Induction and initial patterning of the nervous system - the chick embryo enters the scene.
abstract: Until recently, almost everything known about the molecular controls of early neural development came from studies in amphibians. It is now possible to misexpress factors in chick embryos at relatively late stages in development, allowing careful dissection of the timing of cell interactions. This is starting to contribute significantly to our understanding of neural induction and early patterning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology, University College London, UK. c.stern@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Claudio D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Stern
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000502:physiology*; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004627:Embryonic Induction / Q000502:physiology*; D004707:Endoderm / Q000502:physiology; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D009420:Nervous System / Q000196:embryology*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D014981:Xenopus; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins
chemical_list: D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors