Advances In Neural Science, Volume 2 (advances In Neural Science)

ADVANCES IN NEURAL SCIENCE Volume 2 9 1995 DEDICATION The second volume in the series on Advances in Neural Science is dedicated to Dr. Gopal D. Das who passed away suddenly on December 27, 1991. Many of the contributors in the volume were personal friends of Gopal and we knew him as a hard-working, conscientious scientific worker, who was always available and ready to help. He will be missed dearly. ADVANCES IN NEURAL SCIENCE Editor: SUDARSHAN K. MALHOTRA Department of Zoology University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada VOLUME 2 91995 @ Greenwich, Connecticut JA! PRESS INC. London, England Copyright 91995 by JAI PRESSINC 55 Old Post Road, No. 2 Greenwich, Connecticut 06836 JAI PRESSLTD. The Courtyard 28 High Street Hampton Hill, Middlesex TWl 2 1PD England All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored on a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, filming, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. ISBN: 1-55938-625-8 Manufactured in the United States of America CONTENTS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS PREFACE Sudarshan K. Malhotra vii ix EARLY APPEARANCE OF NEUROPEPTIDES DURING DEVELOPMENT: NEUROMODULATORY AND NEUROTROPHIC ROLES Susan Kentroti and Antonia Vernadakis PHOSPHORYLATION OF NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS Michael G. Sacher, Eric S. Athlan and Walter E. Mushynski NEURONAL DEVELOPMENT IN EMBRYOS OF THE MOLLUSK, HELISOMA TRIVOLVIS; MULTIPLE ROLES OF SEROTONIN Jeffrey I. Goldberg OPIOID GROWTH FACTOR AND RETINAL MORPHOGENESIS lan S. Zagon, Tomoki lsayama and Patricia J. McLaughlin THE MOLECULAR BASES OF NERVE REGENERATION Joanna Kelsch Daniloff and Laura G. Remsen TROPHIC ACTIONS OF GONADAL STEROIDS ON NEURONAL FUNCTIONING NORMALLY AND FOLLOWING INJURY Kathleen A. Kujawa and Kathryn J. Jones 47 67 89 107 131 vi CONTENTS ARE EPIGENETIC FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE NORMAL EXPRESSION OF NEURONAL PHENOTYPES DURING SPINAL DEVELOPMENT? Eric Philippe and Raymond Marchand 153 PLASTICITY OF DESCENDING SPINAL PATHWAYS IN DEVELOPING MAMMALS George F. Martin, G.T. Ghooray, X.M. Wang and X.M. Xu 169 DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAMMALIAN AUDITORY HINDBRAIN Frank H. Willard INDEX 205 235 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Eric S. Athlan Department of Biochemistry McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada Joanna Kelsch Daniloff Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology School of Veterinary Medicine Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana Jeffrey !. Go!dberg Department of Biological Sciences University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Ganesh T. Ghooray Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy The Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, Ohio Tornoki Isayama Department of Neuroscience and Anatomy The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Hershey, Pennsylvania Kathryn J. Jones Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy Loyola University Chicago Stritsch School of Medicine Maywood, Illinois Susan Kentroti Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry University of Colorado School of Medicine Denver, Colorado Kathleen A. Kujawa Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy The Chicago Medical School North Chicago, Illinois vii viii LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Raymond Marchand Department of Anatomy Universit~ Laval Q