Screen LibraryThe fundamentals of brain development：integrating nature and nurture
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Harvard University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Mass. |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 421 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780674026742 (alk. paper) 0674026748 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | R338 |
| CLC: | R338.2 |
| Call Number: | R338.2/S856 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The central questions about psychological and biological development -- The gene: evolution of a concept -- Formation of the neural plate -- Formation of the neural tube -- Molecular patterning of the primary spatial dimensions of the embryo -- The production of brain cells: neurons and glia -- Neuronal migration and neuronal differentiation -- Shaping the emerging cortical network: the role of intrinsic and extrinsic factors -- Late prenatal and postnatal changes in human brain structure -- Plasticity and the role of experience in neocortical development -- The importance of brain developme |