The newborn brain : neuroscience and clinical applications /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002. |
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| Description: | xii, 538 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4595363 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Reflections on the origins of the human brain
- 2. Molecular mechanisms for organising the developing central nervous system
- 3. Neocortical neuronogenesis
- 4. Neuronal migration Pierre Gressens
- 5. Synaptogenesis in the neocortex of the newborn
- 6. Neurotrophic factors in brain development
- 7. Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators
- 8. Glial cell biology
- 9. Development of the somatosensory system
- 10. Principles of endogenous and sensory activity-dependent brain development: the visual system
- 11. Fetal and neonatal development of the auditory system
- 12. Cerebrovascular regulation in the neonate
- 13. The description of the early development of the human central nervous system using two-dimensional and three-dimensional ultrasound
- 14. Imaging the infant brain
- 15. Non-invasive techniques to investigate the newborn brain
- 16. Electroencephalography
- 17. Cerebral function monitoring
- 18. Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
- 19. Clinical assessment and therapeutic interventions for hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy in the full-term infant Andrew Whitelaw and Marianne Thoresen
- 20. Clinical aspects of brain injury in the preterm infant
- 21. Development of motor functions in health and disease
- 22. Antenatal glucocorticoids and programming of the developing brain Stephen
- Index.
