Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Neurons in motion: same principles for different shapes?

Oscar Marín1, Miguel Valdeolmillos, Fernando Moya

  • 1Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, CSIC and Universidad Miguel Hernández, 03550 Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain. o.marin@umh.es

Trends in Neurosciences
|October 19, 2006
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Preface.

Seminars in perinatology·2026
Same author

Fortification of human milk for feeding preterm infants: What is the ideal strategy?

Seminars in fetal & neonatal medicine·2026
Same author

Early phosphorus management practices for very low birth weight infants: A survey of U.S. NICUs.

Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association·2026
Same author

Testing the Island Effect in a Highly Mobile Pollinator: Wing Morphological Divergence in <i>Euglossa mixta</i> from Continental and Insular Panama.

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI·2026
Same author

Metronidazole exposure-response and safety in infants.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy·2025
Same author

Corrigendum to "Furosemide Safety in Preterm Infants at Risk for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Randomized Clinical Trial" J Pediatr. 2025 Apr 28;283:114629.

The Journal of pediatrics·2025
Same journal

Emulating the periodic table: A unified list of CNS terms and abbreviations for humans and experimental animals.

Trends in neurosciences·2026
Same journal

From chromatin dynamics to brain disease: Polycomb-Trithorax mechanisms in neurodevelopment.

Trends in neurosciences·2026
Same journal

Striatum regulates the cortex via the basal forebrain cholinergic system: A role for substance P.

Trends in neurosciences·2026
Same journal

A large brain adds new types of neurons: Molecular and functional signatures of spindle neurons in the human neocortex.

Trends in neurosciences·2026
Same journal

Exercise as a regulator of glymphatic function.

Trends in neurosciences·2026
Same journal

The neural basis of laughter.

Trends in neurosciences·2026
See all related articles

Neuronal migration is crucial for brain development, with diverse cell morphologies. Similar molecular signaling principles, adapted from other cell types, underlie these varied migration modes in developing neurons.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental Biology
  • Cell Biology

Background:

  • Neuronal migration is a fundamental process in brain development.
  • Progenitor zones are located within the neural tube lumen.
  • Different neuronal types exhibit distinct migration morphologies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review molecular mechanisms of neuronal migration.
  • To explore how diverse morphologies arise from common signaling principles.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recent data on molecular mechanisms.
  • Analysis of signaling pathways in neuronal migration.

Main Results:

  • Similar signaling principles govern diverse neuronal migration morphologies.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Basic molecular mechanisms, like those in fibroblasts, are adapted for neuronal migration.

    • Conclusions:

    • Neuronal migration, despite varied forms, relies on conserved molecular signaling.
    • Adaptation of fundamental cellular mechanisms shapes neuronal migration diversity.