Neural Development

The most recent research findings on the important genes, key molecule s, and mechanisms in neural development and regeneration are presented in this volume. These collected papers were delivered at the second o f the Keio University International Symposia for Life Sciences and Med icine, held in Mita (Tokyo), Japan, and are grouped in eight main sect ions: Early Neurogenesis and Pattern Formation, Regional and Cellular Specification, Trophic Factors, Adhesion Molecules, Glial Cell Lineage and Myelination, Circuit Formation, Synaptic Refinement and Neurotran smitter Release, and Neural Regeneration. Together, they present the c oncept of neural development and regeneration and its vital importance at the frontiers of medical science today. Neural Development is an i nvaluable resource and reference for researchers, clinicians, and stud ents in physiology and the medical sciences.