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Summary
Summary
'This is an inexpensive yet important book on neural development. It should be in neurology, neurosurgery, and bioscience libraries'. Doody's Electronic Journal, March 2003.An up to date and comprehensive overview of the developing nervous system, with particular emphasis on the vertebrate brain. Recent advances in the molecular genetic basis of developmental mechanisms are integrated with a synthesis of the classical literature to provide coverage of key events, from the first appearance of the nervous system in the early embryo to postnatal and later stages. The extensive reference list will also make it a useful source for teachers and researchers in the field.
Author Notes
Michael Brown is in the Department of Physiology, University of Oxford. Roger Keynes is in the Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge. Andrew Lumsden is in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Guy's Hospital, London.
Table of Contents
| 1 Model systems and review of early morphogenesis |
| 2 Origins of the nervous system: neural induction |
| 3 Patterning the central nervous system |
| 4 The emergence of neural fate |
| 5 The neural crest |
| 6 Glia and myelination |
| 7 Development of cerebral cortex and cerebellar cortex |
| 8 Development of sense organs |
| 9 Growth and guidance of axons and dendrites |
| 10 The formation of topographic maps |
| 11 Synapse formation |
| 12 Neurotrophic factors and their receptors |
| 13 Nerve cell death |
| 14 Rearrangement and stabilisation of synaptic connections |
| 15 The synaptic basis of learning |
| 16 Trophic interactions between neurons in the adult nervous system |
| 17 Repair and plasticity in the adult vertebrate nervous system |
