Table of Contents

Neural Induction.- Neurogenesis: A Change of Paradigms.- Neurogenesis in the Olfactory Epithelium.- Cell Diversification During Neural Crest Ontogeny: The Neural Crest Stem Cells.- Intermediate Filament Expression in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells and Early Embryos.- Aneuploidy in Embryonic Stem Cells.- Retrotransposition and Neuronal Diversity.- Directing Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells into Distinct Neuronal Subtypes.- Neurotransmitters as Main Players in the Neural Differentiation and Fate Determination Game.- Rhythmic Expression of Notch Signaling in Neural Progenitor Cells.- Neuron-Astroglial Interactions in Cell Fate Commitment in the Central Nervous System.- The Origin of Microglia and the Development of the Brain.- Tissue Biology of Proliferation and Cell Death Among Retinal Progenitor Cells.- Potential Application of Very Small Embryonic Like (VSEL) Stem Cells in Neural Regeneration.- Embryonic Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease.- Functional Multipotency of Neural Stem Cells and Its Therapeutic Implications.- Dual Roles of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Spinal Cord Injury: Cell Replacement Therapy and as a Model System to Understand Axonal Repair.