title: New directions in neuronal migration.
abstract: Over the past decade, genetic analyses have yielded a more molecular view of neuronal migration and its role in central nervous system development. We now realize that many of the molecular mechanisms that guide migrations in invertebrates are recapitulated in the vertebrate nervous system. These mechanisms guide dorsoventral and anterior-posterior migrations and merge with radial migratory pathways that are prominent in the development of the mammalian cortex. This review discusses the choreography of these different migratory mechanisms within the context of genetic approaches that have defined their molecular mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021-6399, USA. hatten@rockefeller.edu
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hatten
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000502:physiology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D000075385:Netrins; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology*; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000166:cytology; D014714:Vertebrates
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D015801:Helminth Proteins; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D000075385:Netrins; C078146:UNC-6 protein, C elegans