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Tables of Contents for The Newborn Brain
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Preface
1. Reflections on the origins of the human brain Jean-Pierre Changeux
2. Molecular mechanisms for organising the developing central nervous system Nilima Prakash and Urban Lendhal
3. Neocortical neuronogenesis Verne S. Caviness Jr, T. Takahashi and R. S. Nowakowski
4. Neuronal migration Pierre Gressens
5. Synaptogenesis in the neocortex of the newborn Jean-Pierre Bourgeois
6. Neurotrophic factors in brain development Thomas Ringstedt
7. Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators Hugo Lagercrantz and Eric Herlenius
8. Glial cell biology Arne Schousboe and Helle S. Waagepetersen
9. Development of the somatosensory system Sandra Rees and John Rawson
10. Principles of endogenous and sensory activity-dependent brain development: the visual system Anna A. Penn and Carla J. Shatz
11. Fetal and neonatal development of the auditory system S. Allen Counter
12. Cerebrovascular regulation in the neonate William J. Pearce
13. The description of the early development of the human central nervous system using two-dimensional and three-dimensional ultrasound Harm-Gerd K. Blaas and Sturla H. Eik-Nes
14. Imaging the infant brain Olof Flodmark and A. James Barkovich
15. Non-invasive techniques to investigate the newborn brain John S. Wyatt
16. Electroencephalography A. M. d'Allest and M. André
17. Cerebral function monitoring Lena Hellströ
m-Westas
18. Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy A. D. Edwards, H. Mehmet and H. Hagberg
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 Michael Weindling
21. Development of motor functions in health and disease Mijna Hadders-Algra and Hans Forssberg
22. Antenatal glucocorticoids and programming of the developing brain Stephen G. Matthews
Index.