Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Neurobiology and Behavior; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Contents of Volume 1; Part I: Anatomy and Physiology; Chapter 1. Neuronal Reaction to Injury during Development; Introduction to the Field; Cytological Maturation Related to Nature of Response to Injury; Considerations in Comparing Results and Drawing Conclusions; Summary Statements; References; Chapter 2. Embryonic Dopaminergic Neurons in Culture and as Transplants; Introduction; Embryonic Dopaminergic Neurons in Primary Monolayer Cultures
  • Embryonic Dopaminergic Neurons in Three-Dimensional Aggregate CulturesTransplantation of Embryonic Dopaminergic Neurons into Adult Rodent Brains; Chapter 3. Lesion-Induced Sprouting in the Red Nucleus at the Early Developmental Stage; Introduction; Sprouting and Formation of New Synapses in Red Nucleus Neurons following Ipsilateral Cerebral Cortex Lesions; Effect of Ganglioside Application on Synaptic Plasticity; References; References; Chapter 4. Multiple Effects of Lesions on Brain Structure in Young Rats; Introduction; Some Historical Background; Our Earlier Work on This Problem
  • ProceduresResults; Discussion; Conclusions; References; Part II: Behavioral Biology; Chapter 5. A New Perspective for the Interpretation of Early Brain Damage; Introduction; Secondary Reactions after Brain Damage in Adult Animals; Sources of Potential Age-Related Differences in Secondary Reactions after Brain Damage; Needs and Behavioral Strategies of Young Animals; Assessing the Effects of Early Brain Damage; Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 6. Early Brain Damage and Time Course of Behavioral Dysfunction: Parallels with Neural Maturation; Introduction
  • Age-Brain-Damage Relationship: The Lateral HypothalamusRelationship between Development of the Lateral Hypothalamus, Brain Damage, and Behavioral Dysfunction; Conclusions; References; Chapter 7. Behavioral and Anatomical Studies of Rats with Complete or Partial Decortication in Infancy; Introduction; The Role of Subcortical Structures in Sparing; The Role of Cortical Structures in Sparing; Conclusions; References; Chapter 8. Functional Development of the Prefrontal System; Introduction; The Prefrontal System: Anatomical Relationships; Immediate Effects of Early Damage
  • Long-Term Effects of Early DamageMaturation of Prefrontal Connections; Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 9. The Effects of Early Cerebellar Hemispherectomy in the Rat: Behavioral, Neuroanatomical, and Electrophysiological Sequelae; Introduction; The Effects of Cerebellar Hemispherectomy at Early and Later Ages on Locomotor Behavior; Quantitative Relations between Aberrant and Normal Cerebellorubral Connections; Electrical Activity in the Red Nuclei after Early Cerebellar Hemispherectomy; Conclusion; References