Cover Image

Developmental Neurobiology /

Show other versions (6)

Developmental Neurobiology provides an up-to-date survey of the cellular events and the molecular contributors that contribute to the assembly of the vertebrate nervous system. The text will serve as a readily tractable source for advanced undergraduate neuroscience majors and beginning graduate stu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacobson, Marcus, 1930-2001
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1991.
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Life sciences.
Neurosciences.
Developmental biology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Making a Neural Tube: Neural Induction and Neurulation
  • Cell Proliferation in the Developing Mammalian Brain
  • Anteroposterior and Dorsoventral Patterning
  • Neural Crests and Cranial Ectodermal Placodes
  • Neurogenesis
  • The Oligodendrocyte
  • Astrocyte Development
  • Neuronal Migration in the Developing Brain
  • Guidance of Axons and Dendrites
  • Synaptogenesis/Synapse Elimination
  • Programmed Cell Death
  • Regeneration and Repair
  • Developmental Mechanisms in Aging
  • Beginnings of the Nervous System.