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TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS IN NEURAL DEVELOPMENT<br /> Roles of Hes bHLH Factors in Neuronal Development<br /> The Role of Pax6 in the Nervous System During Development and in Adulthood -<br /> Master Control Regulator or Modular Function?<br /> Phox2a and Phox2b Essential Transcription Factors or Neuron Specification and Differentiation<br /> Functions of LIM-Homedomain Proteins in the Development of the Nervous System<br /> Function of SRF and Ternary Complex Factors in the Nervous System<br /> RE-1 Silencing Transcription Factor (REST) -<br /> Regulation of Neuronal Gene Expression Via Modification of the Chromatin Structure<br /> Roles of Tix1 and TIX3 and Neuronal Activity in Controlling Glutamatergic Over GABAergic Cell Fates<br /> Transcriptional Control of the Development of Central Serotoneric Neurons<br /> Role of Nkx Homeodomain Factors in the Specification and Differentiation of Motor Neurons and Oligodendrocytes<br /> Sox Transcription Factors in Neural Development<br /> TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS IN BRAIN FUNCTION<br /> Role of CREB and CBP in Brain Function<br /> CCAAT Enhancer Binding Proteins in the Nervous System: Their Role in Development, Differentiation, Long-term Synaptic Plasticity and Memory<br /> Role of c-Jun in Brain Function<br /> Expression, Function, and Regulation of Transcription Factor MEF2 in Neurons<br /> RORalpha, an Orphan that Staggers the Mind<br /> Role of NF-kappaB in Brain Function<br /> Calcineurin/NFAT Signaling in Development and Function of the Nervous System<br /> Stimulus-Transcription Coupling in the Nervous System -<br /> The Zinc Finger Protein Egr-1<br /> TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS IN NEURONAL DISEASES<br /> The Presenilin/gamma-Secretase Complex Regulates Production of Transcriptional Factors: Effects of FAD Mutations<br /> Transcriptional Abnormalities in Huntington's Disease<br />

"…this volume presents critical information for neuroscientists while also providing a valuable resource for biologists, chemists, and geneticists in related fields or in biomedical research." (<i>The Quarterly Review of Biology</i>, December 2006) <p>"This is a great buy for those who deal with this matter on a daily basis." (<i>Doody's Health Services</i>)</p>

Since 1997 Gerald Thiel has been professor for Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of the Saarland, Germany. In 1987 he started his career as a post-doc at The Rockefeller University, New York, in the lab of the 2000 Nobel Prize Laureate Paul Greengard. At the same time he was visiting fellow at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas. In 1991 and 1992 he worked as an assistant professor for Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University, and from 1992 to 1997 he was head of lab at the Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany. His current research interests are the regulation of neuronal gene transcription, signal transduction in the nervous system and the regulation of proliferation and programmed cell death in the nervous system.

This first book to cover neural development, neuronal survival and function on the genetic level outlines promising approaches for novel therapeutic strategies in fighting neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. <br /> Focusing on transcription factors, the text is clearly divided into three sections devoted to transcriptional control of neural development, brain function and transcriptional dysregulation induced neurological diseases.<br /> With a chapter written by Nobel laureate Eric Kandel, this is essential reading for neurobiologists, geneticists, biochemists, cell biologists, neurochemists and molecular biologists.<br />

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