Stiles, Joan.

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.

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Brain--Growth.
Nature and nurture.
Neurofisiología.
Brain--growth & development.
Cerebro -- Funciones (+).
Cerebro.
Neuropsychology.

QP 376 / S856f 2008

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