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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961800303321

Titolo

The changing nervous system : neurobehavioral consequences of early brain disorders / / edited by Sarah H. Broman, Jack M. Fletcher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-772967-3

1-280-76060-5

9786610760602

0-19-802845-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 403 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

616.8

618.92/8

618.928

Soggetti

Pediatric neurology

Developmental neurobiology

Developmental disabilities

Neuroplasticity

Nervous system - Growth

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; PART I: SHAPING THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; 1. Wiring the Brain: Activity-Dependent and Activity-Independent Development of Synaptic Circuits; 2. Effects of Differential Experience on Brain and Cognition Throughout the Life Span; 3. Experience and Plasticity in Brain Structure: Possible Implications of Basic Research Findings for Developmental Disorders; PART II: MECHANISMS OF REORGANIZATION; 4. Structural Changes Underlying Long-Term Memory; 5. Role of Intrinsic Circuitry in Motor Cortex Plasticity

6. Immature Visual Cortex Lesions: Global Rewiring, Neural Adaptations, and Behavioral Sparing; PART III: NEURODEVELOPMENTAL COURSE OF EARLY BRAIN DISORDERS; 7. Role of the Corpus Callosum in the Cognitive Development of Children with Congenital Brain Malformations; 8. Functional Consequences of Congenital Cerebellar



Dysmorphologies and Acquired Cerebellar Lesions of Childhood; 9. Recovery from Acquired Reading and Naming Deficits Following Focal Cerebral Lesions; 10. Plasticity, Localization, and Language Development; 11. Neuroplasticity: Evidence from Unilateral Brain Lesions in Children

12. Continuity and Change in the Development of Children with Autism; 13. Biological and Behavioral Heterogeneity in Autism: Roles of Pleiotropy and Epigenesis; PART IV: INTERVENTIONS; 14. Issues in Developing Effective Interventions; 15. Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Listening Training and Language Abilities; PART V: CONCLUSIONS; 16. Development, Learning, and Neuroplasticity: Where We Are Now; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Placing an emphasis on cognitive function, this volume offers a broad review of the development of brain functions and the effects of early-life neurological diseases and injuries on them.