About Developmental Neurobiology
In our every-day life, everything we feel, think and do depends on the proper function of our nervous system and this is in turn reliant on its proper development. Moreover, many brain disorders originate from defects during early nervous system development. Therefore, it is of fundamental importance to achieve an in-depth knowledge of nervous system development from embryo to adulthood.
Developmental neurobiology explores the cellular and molecular mechanisms of different aspects of neural development, including neural induction and patterning, cell differentiation and specification, morphogenesis, neural circuit formation, and refinement. This field of study and research has profound roots in the classical experimental approaches. Nowadays, new tools, complementary model systems, and revolutionary technological approaches can be used to address the many remaining open questions on brain development.