The fabulous fate of neural crest cells
Description of the photo
Here is a mouse embryo at the 10th embryonic day (mid-gestation). Neural crest cells (in green) are the source of a wide variety of structures and organs. During embryonic development, these cells will migrate along the nerves (in red) from the neural tube (future spine) then differentiate into a wide variety of cell types such as, for example, certain skin or heart cells but also the cells. cells which are at the origin of the enteric nervous system (in cyan): our second brain which controls digestion as well as the movements of our digestive tract.
Confocal microscopy, Magnification: x10, Immunolabeling of proteins TUJ1 (red), Sox10 (green) and Phox2b (cyan).
Author
Name: Baptiste Charrier
Affiliation: UQAM
Edition: 2020, Winner of the 1st prize of the competition.