Individuals are as old as their neurons in the sense that almost all neurons are generated by
early postnatal life and, except for a few locations such as the olfactory bulb and subplate of …

Individuals are as old as their neurons in the sense that almost all neurons are generated by
early postnatal life and are not generally replaced by new ones during a lifetime. The …

The Developing Brain and Its Connections describes the processes of neural development
from neural induction through synaptic refinement. Each chapter explores specific …

The nervous system develops from primitive cells, the neuroblasts. When a neuroblast
matures and forms a nerve cell, it loses its ability to divide again. The transition from …

INTRODUCTION The development of the brain in many animals, and in man especially,
includes a long postnatal period during which the emergence of order in the still growing …

I am very honoured to be again the Chairman of a Ciba Foundation symposium. The last
symposium I chaired here was on the nature of sleep. My problem was of course to prevent …

Neuroscience has become one of the most productive, influential, and popular scientific
disciplines of the 1980s. Indeed, neuroscience may now occupy the position once held by …

Growth of the nervous system GROWTH OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Page 2 GROWTH OF
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM A Ciba Foundation Symposium Edited by GEW WOLSTENHOLME …