The ZIC2 gene drives the migration of neural crest cells (in green) during early embryonic stages, a process essential for forming the vertebrate nervous system. An international team of researchers ...

Cranial neural crest cells -- which give rise to the bones and cartilage of the skull -- are vulnerable to Zika virus. The discovery, made by infecting in vitro cultures of human cells, offers a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Mesenchymal cell migration and neurite outgrowth are mediated in part by binding of cell surface β1,4-galactosyltransferase (GalTase) to ...

To understand how cranial neural crest cells (CNCCs) help form many more body parts than the skull and facial skeleton, scientists from the lab of Gage Crump created a series of atlases over time to ...

An international team of researchers has identified a key genetic mechanism that regulates the formation and migration of cranial neural crest cells, which are essential for developing facial ...

This visual abstract depicts the findings of Bayless, Greenberg et al., who demonstrate that Zika virus productively infects cranial neural crest cells, driving cytokine secretion that leads to ...

Every time you chew, talk, yawn, or sense the zap of a toothache, cranial nerve cells are shuttling electrochemical signals to your brain. Some of these neurons detect pain, while others sense facial ...