Neural Activity and the Growth of the Brain

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ISBN: 9780521455701 | 0521455707
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/24/1994

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In succinct & clearly explained terms, this study explores the hypothesis that the neural activity generated by experience modulates the ongoing growth of the brain during maturation, thus sculpting a unique brain anatomy in each of us according to experience in early life.

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Preface
Introduction
Maps	p. 1
Brain growth and its potential significance	p. 1
A contrary view of brain development	p. 6
Brain maps	p. 7
Measurement of maps in the developing brain	p. 9
Modules	p. 22
Discovery and definition	p. 22
The significance of modularity	p. 25
The development of modular circuitry	p. 30
Trophic interactions	p. 44
Qualitative and quantitative accuracy of neural connections	p. 44
Getting the numbers right	p. 45
The importance of target cell geometry in quantitative accuracy	p. 47
Does setting the value of convergence involve synapse elimination?	p. 55
A basis for the interactions that determine convergence	p. 58
The nature of trophic signals	p. 62
Activity	p. 69
How neural activity might lead to information storage	p. 69
The effects of activity in the developing visual system	p. 71
An alternative interpretation of the effects of visual deprivation	p. 77
Some pertinent observations in the peripheral nervous system	p. 77
Neural activity and the growth of the brain	p. 84
Some caveats	p. 90
Bibliography	p. 95
Index	p. 107
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