Maturation of the Nervous System
Elsevier (Publisher)
Published on 22. September 2011
422 pages
978-0-08-086173-9 (ISBN)
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- Front Cover
- Maturation of the Nervous System
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Section I: Formation of Neuromuscular Synapses
- Chapter 1. The formation and maintenance of synaptic connections as illustrated by studies of the neuromuscular junction
- Chapter 2. Neurotransmission and specificity of innervation in mixed culture of embryonic ciliary ganglia and skeletal muscle cells
- Chapter 3. Neurotrophic influences in tissue culture
- Chapter 4. Genetic and 'epigenetic' factors regulating synapse formation in vertebrate cerebellum and neuromuscular junction
- Section II: Central and Sensory Synaptogenesis
- Chapter 5. In vitro approaches to positional specification in the retinal-tectal system
- Chapter 6. Synapse selectivity in somatic afferent systems
- Chapter 7. Transplantation techniques for the study of regeneration in the central nervous system
- Chapter 8. Neuroplasticity in the hippocampal formation
- Section III: Genetic Programming of Nervous Development
- Chapter 9. Environmental and genetic determinants of connectivity in the central nervous system - an approach through dendritic field analysis
- Chapter 10. Purkinje cell ontogeny: formation and maintenance of spines
- Chapter 11. Development of the hippocampus and fascia dentata: morphological and histochemical aspects
- Chapter 12. Hippocampal mossy fiber development at the ultrastructural level
- Chapter 13. Non-ketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH): an inborn error of metabolism affecting brain function exclusively
- Section IV: Sensory Influences upon Neurogenesis
- Chapter 14. Influence of early anosmia on the developing olfactory bulb
- Chapter 15. Ontogenesis of the visual cortex of rabbits and the effects of visual deprivation
- Chapter 16. Influence of stimulation on cortical development
- Chapter 17. Environmental influences on the neocortex in later life
- Section V: Hormonal Regulation of Brain Maturation
- Chapter 18. Fetal neuroendocrine mechanisms in development and parturition
- Chapter 19. Sexual maturation and differentiation: the role of the gonadal steroids
- Chapter 20. Gonadal hormones and the differentiation of sexual and aggressive behavior and learning in the rat
- Chapter 21. The modulation of memory processes by vasotocin, the evolutionarily oldest neurosecretory principle
- Chapter 22. Thyroid hormones and human mental development
- Section VI: Neurobehavioral Ontogeny
- Chapter 23. Spontaneous motor rhythms in early life - phenomenological and neurophysiological aspects
- Chapter 24. The development of supraspinal control of spontaneous motility in chick embryos
- Chapter 25. Possible embryonic origin of sleep interstrain differences in the mouse
- Chapter 26. Ontogenesis of some sleep regulations: early postnatal impairment of the monoaminergic systems
- Chapter 27. The development of motivational systems
- Subject Index
