Foreword (Mahendra Rao) Preface (Jan Pruszak) Chapter 1: Fundamentals of neurogenesis and neural stem cell development (Verdon Taylor) Chapter 2: Neural cell characterization and isolation via flow cytometry (Geoffrey Osborne) Chapter 3: CD36, CD44, CD83 expression and putative functions in neural tissues (Isaias Glezer) Chapter 4: Life and death in the CNS: the role of CD95 (Ana Martin-Villalba) Chapter 5: Role of fundamental pathways of innate and adaptive immunity in neural differentiation: focus on Toll-like receptors, complement system and T-cell related signaling Hélène Boudin) Chapter 6: Neuropilins in development and disease of the nervous system (Christiana Ruhrberg) Chapter 7: Growth and neurotrophic factor receptors in neural differentiation and phenotype specification (Henning Ulrich) Chapter 8: Glycolipid antigens in neural stem cells (Robert K. Yu) Chapter 9: NG2 (Cspg4): Cell surface proteoglycan on oligodendrocyte progenitor cells in the developing and mature nervous system (Akiko Nishiyama) Chapter 10: Comprehensive overview of CD133 biology in neural tissues across species (Denis Corbeil) Chapter 11: Fundamentals of NCAM expression, function and regulation of alternative splicing in neuronal differentiation (Alberto Komblihtt) Chapter 12: Role of clustered protocadherins in promoting neuronal diversity and function (Takeshi Yagi) Chapter 13: b 1-integrin function and interplay during enteric nervous system development (Sylvie Dufour) Chapter 14: Identification of surface markers on neural progenitor cells isolated from the developing mammalian retina and brain (Henry J. Klassen) Chapter 15: Multimarker flow cytometric characterization, isolation and differentiation of neural stem cells and progenitors of the mouse subventricular zone (Steven W. Levison) Chapter 16: Multi-parameter flow cytometry applications for analyzing and isolating neural cell populations derived from human pluripotent stem cells (Christian Carson) Chapter 17: Flow cytometric identification and characterization of neural brain tumor initiating cells for pathophysiological study and biomedical applications (Sheila K. Singh) Chapter 18: Using cell surface signatures to dissect neoplastic neural cell heterogeneity in pediatric brain tumors (Tamra Werbowetski-Ogilvie) Chapter 19: Synopsis, integration & epilogue (Jan Pruszak)