The Developing Brain

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Elsevier, Jan 1, 1964 - Medical - 266 pages
The Developing Brain
 

Contents

Historical introduction
1
Chapter 2 Some structural and functional substrates of development in young cats
6
Chapter 3 Studies of the electrical activity of the developing human brain
26
Chapter 4 Systemogenesis as a general regulator of brain development
54
Chapter 5 Neurohistological studies of developing mouse brain
87
Chapter 6 The evolution of the developing brain of the dog
89
Chapter 7 Critical periods of neuronal maturation
93
Chapter 8 General discussion
97
Chapter 16 Effect of acute and subacute administration of diphenylhydantoin on electroshock seizure threshold in developing rats
174
Chapter 17 Postnatal changes in amino acid metabolism of kitten brain
178
Chapter 18 General discussion
183
Chapter 19 The uptake of aromatic amino acids by the brain of mature and newborn rats
187
Chapter 20 Tryptophan metabolism in the brain of the developing rat
198
Chapter 21 Tissue AcidBase Changes During Maturation
204
Chapter 22 Some ultrastructural changes in the brain of phenylketonuric rats and monkeys
207
Chapter 23 Effects of reserpine and isocarboxazid in the frog
213

Chapter 9 Electrocortical effects of sensory deprivation during development
103
Chapter 10 The reaction of the brain to stagnant hypoxia and anoxia during ontogeny
113
Chapter 11 Maturational changes in cerebral cortex III Effects of methionine sulfoximine on some electrical parameters and dendritic organisation of...
132
Chapter 12 Brain Cholesterol The Effect of its Development on Incorporation of Acetate23H and GlucoseU14C
155
Chapter 13 Esterase activity and zymogram patterns in developing rat brain
161
Chapter 14 Interrelationships of glucose glutamate and aspartate metabolism in developing rabbit brain
165
Chapter 15 Biochemical studies of the central nervous system of the dog during maturation
170
Chapter 24 Effect of diet on lipid composition of brain
217
Chapter 25 The synthetic and catabolic enzyme system for acetylcholine and serotonin in several discrete areas of the developing rabbit brain
220
Chapter 26 Biogenic amines and drug action in the nervous system of various vertebrate classes
234
Chapter 27 General discussion
243
Summary
248
Author index
260
Subject index
265

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