Synapse Development and Maturation: Comprehensive Developmental Neuroscience

Synapse Development and Maturation, the latest release in the Comprehensive Developmental Neuroscience series, presents the latest information on the genetic, molecular and cellular mechanisms of neural development. The book provides a much-needed update that underscores the latest research in this rapidly evolving field, with new section editors discussing the technological advances that are enabling the pursuit of new research on brain development. This volume focuses on the synaptogenesis and developmental sequences in the maturation of intrinsic and synapse-driven patterns.

Features leading experts in various subfields as section editors and article authorsPresents articles that have been peer reviewed to ensure accuracy, thoroughness and scholarshipIncludes coverage of mechanisms which regulate synapse formation and maintenance during developmentCovers neural activity, from cell-intrinsic maturation, to early correlated patterns of activity

I: SYNAPTOGENESIS 1. Molecular Composition of Developing Glutamatergic Synapses A. Kimberley McAllister 2. In Vivo Imaging of Synaptogenesis Edward S. Ruthazer 3. Astrocytes and synaptogenesis Cagla Eroglu and William Christopher Risher 4. Genetic Analysis of Synaptogenesis David L. Van Vactor Jr. 5. New Imaging Tools to Study Synaptogenesis Matthew B. Dalva and Sylvain Le Marchand 6. Wnt Signaling Patricia C. Salinas 7. Neurotrophin & synaptogenesis Moses Chao, Freddy Jeanneteau and Margarita Arango-Lievano 8. Neuroligins and Neurexins Peter Scheiffele 9. Synapse Formation in the Developing Vertebrate Retina Wei Wei 10. Synaptogenesis in the Adult CNS – Hippocampus Alejandro Schinder 11. Synaptogenesis in the Adult CNS–Olfactory System ADI Mizrahi and Amit Vinograd

II: DEVELOPMENTAL SEQUENCES IN THE MATURATION OF INTRINSIC AND SYNAPSE-DRIVEN PATTERNS 12. GABA: A Multifacet Device that Exerts a Crucial Role in Brain Development Yehezkel Ben-Ari 13. Chloride Homeodynamics Underlying Pathogenic Modal Shifts of GABA Actions Atsuo Fukuda 14. Multimodal GABAA Receptor Functions on Cell Development Atsuo Fukuda 15. GABAergic Signaling at Newborn Mossy Fiber–CA3 Synapses: Short- and Long-Term Activity-Dependent Plasticity Processes Enrico Cherubini and Marilena Griguoli 16. Retinal Waves and their Role in Visual System Development Marla Feller 17. Neurotransmitter Phenotype Plasticity: from calcium signaling to functional consequences Nicholas C. Spitzer and Michaël Demarque 18. Developmental Sequences in the Maturation of Intrinsic and Synapse Driven Patterns Arianna Maffei 19. Functional maturation of neocortical inhibitory interneurons Andrea Hasenstaub 20. The role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in neural circuit development and function Anita E. Autry 21. Striatal circuit development and synapse maturation Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy 22. Cajal-Retzius and subplate cells: transient cortical neurons and circuits with long-term impact Heiko J. Luhmann 23. AMPA receptor trafficking in the developing and mature glutamatergic synapse Harold D. MacGillavry