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  • Title: The generation and diversification of spinal motor neurons: signals and responses.
    Author: Price SR, Briscoe J.
    Journal: Mech Dev; 2004 Sep; 121(9):1103-15. PubMed ID: 15296975.
    Abstract:
    Motor neurons are probably the best characterised neuronal class in the vertebrate central nervous system and have become a paradigm for understanding the mechanisms that control the development of vertebrate neurons. For many investigators working on this problem the chick embryo is the model system of choice and from these studies a picture of the steps involved in motor neuron generation has begun to emerge. These findings suggest that motor neuron generation is shaped by extracellular signals that regulate intrinsic, cell-autonomous determinants at sequential steps during development. The chick embryo has played a prominent role in identifying the sources of these signals, defining their molecular identities and determining the cell intrinsic programs they regulate.
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