Factors influencing brain development

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Factors influencing brain development

editors, Esmail Meisami, Paola S. Timiras

(Handbook of human growth and developmental biology, v. 1 . Neural, sensory, motor, and integrative development ; pt. C)

CRC Press, c1988

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Description

This broad treatise, published in three volumes, provides a systematic overview of the biological aspects and problems of hu-man growth and development from conception to full maturity. The first volume of this series, in three parts, is devoted to the rapidly expanding field of brain development. World-wide contributions touch on physiological, biochemical and structural aspects of de-velopment in humans, and in animals where appropriate. The text is richly accompanied by illustrations and references and is of interest to researchers and medical specialists.

Table of Contents

PART C: FACTORS INFLUENCING BRAIN DEVELOPMENT Neural Bases of Mental Retardation. Development and Aging of the Brain in a Common Human Aneuploidy-Down's Syndrome. Sexual Dimorphism in the Developing Nervous System. Thyroid Hormones and the Developing Brain. Nutrition and Brain Development. Hypoxia and the Developing Brain. Drugs and Behavioral Development. Developmental Neural Plasticity in the CNS. Index.

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