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Syncytial Theory
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Oct 30, 2007
The syncytial theory of neural development was proposed by Victor Hensen in 1864 to explain the growth and differentiation of the nervous system.…
Hensen, Victor, 1835-1924Nervous SystemNeurons
Epigenetic Landscape
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Oct 30, 2007
The epigenetic landscape is a concept representing embryonic development. It was proposed by Conrad Hal Waddington to illustrate the various…
Waddington, C. H. (Conrad Hal), 1905-1975EpigeneticsCell differentiationEmbryologyDevelopmental Biology
Nerve Growth Factor
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Oct 30, 2007
Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a signaling protein and growth factor implicated in a wide range of development and maintenance functions. NGF was…
Nerve Growth FactorChicks
"In vitro Experiments on the Effects of Mouse Sarcomas 180 and 37 on the Spinal and Sympathetic Ganglia of the Chick Embryo" (1954), by Rita Levi-Montalcini, Viktor Hamburger, and Hertha Meyer
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Oct 30, 2007
"In vitro Experiments on the Effects of Mouse Sarcomas 180 and 37 on the Spinal and Sympathetic Ganglia of the Chick Embryo" were experiments…
Levi-Montalcini, RitaChickens--EmbryosHamburger, Viktor, 1900-2001Developmental BiologyEmbryology
"Selective Growth Stimulating Effects of Mouse Sarcoma on the Sensory and Sympathetic Nervous System of the Chick Embryo" (1951), by Rita Levi-Montalcini and Viktor Hamburger
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Oct 30, 2007
In "Selective Growth Stimulating Effects of Mouse Sarcoma on the Sensory and Sympathetic Nervous System of the Chick Embryo," Rita Levi-Montalcini…
Chick EmbryoExperimentsChicksMice
Epidermal Growth Factor
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Oct 30, 2007
Epidermal growth factor is a signaling molecule that stimulates the growth of epidermal tissues during development and throughout life. Stanley Cohen…
Levi-Montalcini, RitaHamburger, Viktor, 1900-2001EmbryologyEmbryosDevelopmental Biology
"A Series of Normal Stages in the Development of the Chick Embryo" (1951), by Viktor Hamburger and Howard L. Hamilton
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Oct 30, 2007
The developmental stages of the chick embryo were examined by Viktor Hamburger and Howard L. Hamilton in "A Series of Normal Stages in the…
Chick EmbryoExperimentsChicks
"Proliferation, Differentiation and Degeneration in the Spinal Ganglia of the Chick Embryo under Normal and Experimental Conditions" (1949), by Viktor Hamburger and Rita Levi-Montalcini
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Oct 30, 2007
In this paper Viktor Hamburger and Rita Levi-Montalcini collaborated to examine the effects of limb transplantation and explantation on neural…
Chickens--EmbryosDevelopmental BiologyCell differentiationEmbryosLevi-Montalcini, Rita
"Purification of a Nerve-Growth Promoting Protein from the Mouse Salivary Gland and its Neuro-Cytoxic Antiserum" (1960), by Stanley Cohen
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Oct 30, 2007
Stanley Cohen published "Purification of a Nerve-Growth Promoting Protein from the Mouse Salivary Gland and its Neuro-Cytoxic Antiserum" in the…
Cohen, Stanley, 1937-Nerve Growth FactorExperimentsMice
"Experiments on Embryonic Induction III. A Note on Inductions by Chick Primitive Streak Transplanted to the Rabbit Embryo" (1934), by Conrad Hal Waddington
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Oct 30, 2007
Conrad Hal Waddington's "Experiments on Embryonic Induction III," published in 1934 in the Journal of Experimental Biology, describes the discovery…
Waddington, C. H. (Conrad Hal), 1905-1975EmbryosCell differentiationEmbryologyChickens--Embryos