Building Brains An Introduction to Neural Development
, by Price, David J.; Jarman, Andrew P.; Mason, John O.; Kind, Peter C.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780470712306 | 0470712309
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 5/16/2011
Mechanisms of Neural Development will describe the main elements of current understanding of the mechanisms that create the nervous system, from its first beginnings to its mature form. The aim of the book is to focus on the major areas in which breakthroughs have been achieved. The book explains how cells make key decisions about becoming neural, when to proliferate and when to differentiate or die, what types of neural cells to become, how to connect to each other and how these connection are refined by spontaneous and environmentally-induced activity.