Building brains : an introduction to neural development / David Price ... [et al.].

Contributor(s):

Price, David J, 1957 December 20-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.Description: xv, 331 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:

9780470712306 (cloth)
0470712309 (cloth)
9780470712290 (pbk.)
0470712295 (pbk.)
9780470979631 (ePDF)
0470979631 (ePDF)
9780470979624 (Wiley Online Library)
0470979623 (Wiley Online Library)
9780470979884 (ePub)
0470979887 (ePub)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

612.8 22

LOC classification:

QP363.5 .B85 2011

NLM classification:

2011 G-640
WL 102.5

Contents:

Models and methods for studying neural development -- The anatomy of developing nervous systems -- Neural induction : an early example of how intercellular signalling determines cell fates -- Patterning the neuroectoderm -- Neurogenesis : generating neural cells -- Neuronal migration -- How neurons develop their shapes -- Axon pathfinding : the long and winding road -- Map formation -- Maturation of functional properties -- Life and death in the developing nervous system -- Experience-dependent development.