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- Title
Novel mechanisms that pattern and shape the midbrain-hindbrain boundary.
- Authors
Dworkin, Sebastian; Jane, Stephen
- Abstract
The midbrain-hindbrain boundary (MHB) is a highly conserved vertebrate signalling centre, acting to pattern and establish neural identities within the brain. While the core signalling pathways regulating MHB formation have been well defined, novel genetic and mechanistic processes that interact with these core components are being uncovered, helping to further elucidate the complicated networks governing MHB specification, patterning and shaping. Although formation of the MHB organiser is traditionally thought of as comprising three stages, namely positioning, induction and maintenance, we propose that a fourth stage, morphogenesis, should be considered as an additional stage in MHB formation. This review will examine evidence for novel factors regulating the first three stages of MHB development and will explore the evidence for regulation of MHB morphogenesis by non-classical MHB-patterning genes.
- Subjects
MESENCEPHALON; RHOMBENCEPHALON; BRAIN anatomy; NEURAL development; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL tube; NEURAL circuitry
- Publication
Cellular & Molecular Life Sciences, 2013, Vol 70, Issue 18, p3365
- ISSN
1420-682X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00018-012-1240-x