Development and Plasticity of the Brain: An Introduction

By Raymond D. Lund

Book Overview

This book looks at the development and maintenance of organization in the nervous system of vertebrates, emphasizing the dynamic properties of nerve cells.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195023080
• ISBN13: 9780195023084
• Release Date: May 1978
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

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Development and Plasticity of the Brain

A comprehensive and critical review of the recent literature on development and plasticity of the nervous system, this book focuses on the mechanisms involved in developing and maintaining nerve cell connections in the brain of vertebrates, particularly mammals. Emphasis throughout the text is on the dynamic properties of nerve cells, their specificities of behavior, and the aberrations which result from lesions, genetic variation...