Plasticity is an intrinsic property of the central nervous system, reflecting its capacity to
respond in a dynamic manner to the environment and experience via modification of neural …

Vulnerable periods during the development of the nervous system are sensitive to
environmental insults because they are dependent on the temporal and regional emergence …

This fully updated edition of Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach
addresses key issues in child neuropsychology with a unique emphasis on evidence …

Conservation of the order in which events occur in developing mammalian brains permits
use of regression theory to model the timing of neural development. Following a small …

To better understand the neurotoxic effects of diverse hazards on the developing human
nervous system, researchers and clinicians rely on data collected from a number of model …

Since the turn of the century, the prefrontal association areas of the cerebral cortex have
been thought to be among the last regions of the cortical mantle to develop. We have …

The appearance of the neocortex, its expansion, and its differentiation in mammals,
represents one of the principal episodes in the evolution of the vertebrate brain. One of the …

The purpose of the present study was to describe in greater anatomical detail the changes in
brain structure that occur during maturation between childhood and adolescence. High …

Publisher Summary This chapter explores various questions: Are synapses added as we
learn? Are there more synapses in some cortical areas than in others? Are there gender …

Background Maternal infection during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of
schizophrenia and autism in the offspring. Supporting this correlation, experimentally …