Brain development / Lakshmi Bangalore, Ph.D. Series Edito Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.1. Brain—Growth—Juvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series. by Infobase Publishing 2007
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Contents:
1. Brain Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Origins of the Nervous System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3. Neurogenesis: Birth, Migration,
and Differentiation of Neurons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4. Wiring the Brain: Growth and Guidance
of Axons and Dendrites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5. Network Connectivity: Formation
and Strengthening of Synapses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
6. Laying the Insulation: Glia and Myelination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
7. The Adaptive Brain: Neural Plasticity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
8. Advances in Neuroscience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Further Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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