Development of the human spinal cord : an interpretation based on experimental studies in animals /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Altman, Joseph, 1925-
Other Authors: Bayer, Shirley A. (Shirley Ann), 1940-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • An overview of spinal cord organization
  • An evolutionary interpretation of spinal cord organization
  • Experimental studies of spinal cord morphogenesis, neurogenesis and neuronatal maturation
  • Experimental studies of the growth of the ascending and descending axons and fiber tracts of the spinal cord
  • Development of the human spinal cord during the first trimester : gestational weeks 3.5 to 13
  • Development of the human spinal cord during the second and third trimester : gestational weeks 14 to 44
  • Growth of the human corticospinal tracts during the prenatal period
  • Myelination of the corticospinal tracts during the first two years of postnatal life
  • Correlations between the morphological maturation of the spinal cord and behavioral development