The fundamentals of brain development : integrating nature and nurture /
Joan Stiles.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
- xii, 421 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The central questions about psychological and biological development -- The gene: evolution of a concept -- Formation of the neural plate -- Formation of the neural tube -- Molecular patterning of the primary spatial dimensions of the embryo -- The production of brain cells: neurons and glia -- Neuronal migration and neuronal differentiation -- Shaping the emerging cortical network: the role of intrinsic and extrinsic factors -- Late prenatal and postnatal changes in human brain structure -- Plasticity and the role of experience in neocortical development -- The importance of brain development for psychology.