Neural Crest and Neural Crest Cells in Vertebrate Development and Evolution

Dr. Brian K. Hall has devoted much of his career to the study of the evolution and development of neural crest-derived skeletal tissues. He is a University Research Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, a Visiting Distinguished Professor at Arizona State University in Tempe, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a foreign fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• Discovery and Origins.- Discovery.- Embryological Origins and the Identification of Neural Crest Cells.- Delamination, Migration, and Potential.- Evolutionary Origins.- Neural-Crest Derivatives.- Pigment Cells (Chromatophores).- Neuronal Cells and Nervous Systems.- Cartilage Cells and Skeletal Systems.- Teeth and Hearts: The Odontogenic and Cardiac Neural Crests.- Abnormal Development and the Neural Crest.- Neurocristopathies.- NCC Development Revisited in the Context of Birth Defects.

From the reviews of the second edition: "The new edition of 'The Neural Crest' - the first edition was published in 1999 - again tries to consider all aspects of neural crest cells. ... At the end, there is an overwhelming list of references ... and the obligatory index. ... There is plenty for both researchers and scientists ... in this well-organized and clearly written book." (Hartmut Greven, Bulletin of Fish Biology, Vol. 11 (1/2), December, 2009)