The Neurobiology of Brain and Behavioral Development
- 1st Edition - October 23, 2017
- Editors: Robbin Gibb, Bryan Kolb
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 4 0 3 6 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 4 0 8 4 - 3
The Neurobiology of Brain and Behavioral Development provides an overview of the process of brain development, including recent discoveries on how the brain develops. This book c… Read more
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Request a sales quote- Provides an up-to-date overview of the process of brain development that is suitable for use as a university textbook at an early graduate or senior undergraduate level
- Breadth from molecular level (Chapters 5-7) to the behavioral/cognitive level (Chapters 8-12), beginning with Chapters 1-4 providing a historical context of the ideas
- Integrates the neurobiology of brain development and behavior, promoting the idea that animal models inform human development
- Presents an emphasis on the role of epigenetics and brain plasticity in brain development and behavior
General Perspectives in Brain Development
1. Overview of Brain Development
2. Perspectives on behavioral development
3. Overview of factors affecting brain development
4. The role of animal models in developmental brain research
Molecular Perspectives in Brain Development
5. Stem Cells to Function
6. Critical periods and cortical development
7. Epigenetics and genetics of brain development
Behavior
8. Visual System
9. Motor Systems
10. Language and cognition
11. Toward an Understanding of the Neural Basis of Executive Function Development
12. Rough-and-tumble play and the development of the social brain: What do we know, how do we know it, and what do we need to know?
Factors Influencing Development
13. Brain Plasticity and Experience
14. Hormones and Development
15. Injury
16. Socio-economic status
- No. of pages: 496
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 23, 2017
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128040362
- eBook ISBN: 9780128040843
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