Developmental Neurobiology / Edition 4

by Mahendra S. Rao, Marcus Jacobson

Overview

This consistent and well-illustrated text is an up-to-date survey of cellular and molecular events contributing to the assembly of the vertebrate nervous system. Chapters include a mixture of historical content and descriptions from literature that best illustrate specific aspects of development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306483301
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	06/06/2005
Edition description:	4th ed. 2005
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 10.98(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Making a Neural Tube: Neural Induction and Neurulation.- Cell Proliferation in the Developing Mammalian Brain.- Anteroposterior and Dorsoventral Patterning.- Neural Crest and Cranial Ectodermal Placodes.- Neurogenesis.- The Oligodendrocyte.- Astrocyte Development.- Neuronal Migration in the Developing Brain.- Guidance of Axons and Dendrites.- Synaptogenesis.- Programmed Cell Death.- Regeneration and Repair.- Developmental Mechanisms in Aging and Age-Related Diseases of the Nervous System.- Beginnings of the Nervous System.

Editorial Reviews

The first edition of this text was published in 1969, the second in 1978. The latest edition contains 11 sections covering: beginnings of the nervous system; the germinal cell, histogenesis, and lineages of nerve cells; neuroglial ontogeny; the neural crest and its derivatives; axonal development; formation of dendrites and development of synaptic connections; dependence of the developing nervous system on nutrition and hormones; neuronal death and neurotrophic factors; development of nerve connections with muscles and peripheral sense organs; histogenesis and morphogenesis of cortical structures; and neuronal specificity and development of neuronal projection maps. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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