eprintid: 10164347 rev_number: 11 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/16/43/47 datestamp: 2023-03-16 16:17:04 lastmod: 2023-03-16 16:18:08 status_changed: 2023-03-16 16:17:04 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Clark, Maryam title: Elucidating the mechanisms behind nucleogenesis of the avian auditory hindbrain: a focus on the nucleus Laminaris ispublished: unpub divisions: B02 divisions: D13 divisions: F96 divisions: G22 divisions: UCL note: Copyright © The Author 2023. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. abstract: A major recurrent form of organisation in the vertebrate CNS are neuronal nuclei. During early brain development, neural cells are generated and undergo a complex journey of migration, adhesion and nucleus structural formation. Together, this process is known as nucleogenesis; a process whose governing mechanisms are still poorly understood. Nonetheless, failure to form stereotypical nuclei has been linked to heterotopia; a condition linked to multiple neurological disorders, including epilepsy, autism spectrum disorder, Van Maldergem syndrome, schizophrenia and more. This project utilises a number of interdisciplinary techniques to elucidate the genetic and physical mechanisms that aid in the development of the tertiary avian auditory nucleus, the nucleus Laminaris. A monolayered structure, this project suggests that cadherin-involved control of neural progenitor cell exit from the ventricular zone, neural cell shape and an autoregulatory signalling factor (FGF8), could be important factors in its formation. Further, an adapted slice culture technique and multiple demonstrations of its use present the future for further research into nucleogenesis of the nL. date: 2023-02-28 date_type: published oa_status: green full_text_type: other thesis_class: doctoral_open thesis_award: Ph.D language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2003369 lyricists_name: Clark, Maryam lyricists_id: MCLAR24 actors_name: Clark, Maryam actors_id: MCLAR24 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public pages: 304 institution: UCL (University College London) department: Cell and Developmental Biology thesis_type: Doctoral editors_name: Clark, Maryam citation: Clark, Maryam; (2023) Elucidating the mechanisms behind nucleogenesis of the avian auditory hindbrain: a focus on the nucleus Laminaris. Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London). Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10164347/1/PhD%20thesis%20Maryam%20Clark%2027Nov22.pdf