title: Neural crest contribution to forebrain development.
abstract: The neural crest (NC), a defining feature of vertebrate embryo, generates most of the skeletal tissues encasing the developing forebrain and provides the prosencephalon with functional vasculature and meninges. Recent findings show that early in development, the cephalic NC is also essential for the pre-otic neural tube closure and promotes the development of the prosencephalic alar plate by regulating the morphogenetic activities of forebrain organizers.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Neurobiologie - Alfred Fessard, Laboratoire de Développement, Evolution et Plasticité du Système Nerveux, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France. sophie.creuzet@inaf.cnrs-gif.fr
authors.forename: Sophie E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Creuzet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D051524:Fibroblast Growth Factor 8 / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009432:Neural Crest / Q000196:embryology*; D016548:Prosencephalon / Q000196:embryology*
chemical_list: D051524:Fibroblast Growth Factor 8