Cilia and Nervous System Development and Function

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tucker, Kerry L. (Editor), Caspary, Tamara (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Human physiology.; Neurosciences.; Developmental biology.; Neurobiology.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Human Physiology.; Cancer Research.; Developmental Biology.

Cilia are tiny microtubule-based organelles projecting from the plasma membrane of practically all cells in the body. In the past 10 years a flurry of research has indicated a crucial role of this long-neglected organelle in the development and function of the central nervous system. A common theme...