DIFFERENTIATION AND FATE IN THE DEVELOPING SYMPATHETIC GANGLIA

Grant number: 1063822 | Funding period: 2014 - 2017

Completed

Abstract

This project seeks to understand how a small number of founder cells can divide and differentiate into the myriad different types of cells that make up the mature nervous system. It uses modern genetic techniques to follow progenitor cells as they mature into mature neurons.

Related publications (3)

RNA-seq of Isolated Chromaffin Cells Highlights the Role of Sex-Linked and Imprinted Genes in Adrenal Medulla Development

Wing Hei Chan, Masayuki Komada, Toshiaki Fukushima, E Michelle Southard-Smith, Colin R Anderson, Matthew J Wakefield

2019-03-08

Adrenal chromaffin cells and sympathetic neurons synthesize and release catecholamines, and both cell types are derived from neura..

Development of the Autonomic Nervous System

WH Chan, LA Stamp, CS Hirst, SJ McKeown, CR Anderson, H YOUNG

2016-01-01

Different Neural Crest Populations Exhibit Diverse Proliferative Behaviors

David G Gonsalvez, Mathew Li-Yuen-Fong, Kylie N Cane, Lincon A Stamp, Heather M Young, Colin R Anderson

2015-03-01

The rate of proliferation of cells depends on the proportion of cycling cells and the frequency of cell division. Here, we describ..

University of Melbourne Researchers

Colin Anderson Anatomy and Physiology

Heather Young Anatomy and Physiology