Chapter 1 - The Neural Crest, a Fourth Germ Layer of the Vertebrate Embryo: Significance in Chordate Evolution
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Neural crest cells as a source of microevolutionary variation
2023, Seminars in Cell and Developmental BiologyCitation Excerpt :The macroevolutionary origins of NCCs is much discussed in the literature [32–38]. Others propose that it occurred in an incremental manner through a combination of gene duplications, evolution of novel cis-regulatory elements, and co-option of existing sub-networks from other tissues to form the NCC gene regulatory network [32–38]. Discussed less often (but see [39,40]) is how the macroevolutionary history of NCCs facilitates their microevolutionary path and potential.
Migratory patterns and evolutionary plasticity of cranial neural crest cells in ray-finned fishes
2020, Developmental BiologyCitation Excerpt :Evolution of vertebrates is intimately connected with the advent of the neural crest (Gans and Northcutt, 1983; Northcutt and Gans, 1983; Northcutt, 2005; Green et al., 2015). This embryonic cell population arises within the forming neural tube but then migrates into the periphery to contribute to a remarkable range of structures and cell types such as odontoblasts, facial bone and cartilage, pigment cells, glial cells of the peripheral nervous system, components of heart, etc. (Bronner and Ledouarin, 2012; Simões-Costa and Bronner, 2015; Hall, 2009; Le Douarin and Dupin, 2014). Given its contribution to a plethora of cell types, acquisition of this vertebrate-specific cell types was a key milestone in the evolutionary success of vertebrates on Earth (Gans and Northcutt, 1983; Forey and Janvier, 1994; Donoghue and Keating, 2014; Square et al., 2017).
Parkinson's disease pathogenesis, evolution and alternative pathways: A review
2018, Revue NeurologiqueCitation Excerpt :The CNS, peripheral nervous system (PNS), epidermis and its appendages are among the organs derived from ectoderm [70]. As they are all analogous in embryological development, they inherently have molecular and enzymatic functions in common, and share analogous pathogenic mechanisms [71]. Many ectodermal skin dysplasias affect the nervous system and vice versa [72].
Urinary dopamine in psychotic disorders is similar to that of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma
2017, Schizophrenia ResearchThe Pluripotency of Neural Crest Cells and Their Role in Brain Development
2016, Current Topics in Developmental BiologyCitation Excerpt :Therefore, the presence of multipotent NC stem cells is maintained at late stages of development in various NCC postmigratory sites, such as PNS ganglia and nerves. Remarkably, even in the adult organism, many tissues, including the skin, heart, bone marrow, and many craniofacial and periocular structures were found to be the source of NC-derived multipotent progenitors (reviewed by Achilleos & Trainor, 2012; Dupin & Sommer, 2012; Kaltschmidt, Kaltschmidt, & Widera, 2012; Le Douarin & Dupin, 2014). Experiments based on the construction of chimeras between embryos of two species of birds, the quail and the chick, have shown that a large part of the skull and the entire facial skeleton originate from the CNC (Couly, Coltey, & Le Douarin, 1993; Le Lièvre, 1974; Le Lièvre & Le Douarin, 1975).
An overview of the embryonic development of the bony skeleton
2021, Vertebrate Skeletal Histology and Paleohistology