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.

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Developmental neurobiology.
Nervous system--Growth.
Neurons--physiology.
Nervous System--anatomy & histology.
Neurogenesis.

QP363.5 / .B85 2011

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2011 G-640 WL 102.5