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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877513003321

Titolo

Growth of the nervous system : a Ciba Foundation Symposium / / edited by G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Maeve O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Little, Brown and Co., 1968

ISBN

1-280-58903-5

9786613618863

0-470-71963-X

0-470-71723-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

O'ConnorMaeve

Disciplina

596.018

596/.01/8

Soggetti

Neurology

Embryology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

GROWTH OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; Contents; Chairman's opening remarks; Growth of the nervous system: an introductory survey; Formation of functional interneuronal connexions between explants of various mammalian central nervous tissues during development in vitro; Discussion; Regulative factors in the orderly growth of retinotectal connexions; Cell division and migration in the brain after optic nerve lesions; Discussion; Development of limb movements: embryological, physiological and model studies; Discussion; General Discussion; The beginnings of coordinated movements in the chick embryo

DiscussionDevelopment of limb innervation; Discussion; Biological aspects of the nerve growth factor; Discussion; Action of heavy water [D20] on growth and development of isolated nervous tissues; Discussion; Endocrine influences in neural development; Discussion; Penetration of labelled amino acids into the peripheral nerve fibre from surrounding body fluids; Discussion; Transport of material along nerves; Discussion; Development and maintenance of neurotrophic



relations between nerve and muscle; Discussion; The role of acetylcholine as a trophic neuromuscular transmitter; Discussion

General DiscussionAuthor index; Subject index