Building brains : an introduction to neural development /
David Price ... [et al.].
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- xv, 331 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.