The developing human brain [[electronic resource] ] : growth and adversities / / Floyd H. Gilles, Marvin D. Nelson, Jr |
Autore | Gilles F. H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Mac Keith Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) | NelsonMarvin D |
Collana | Clinics in developmental medicine |
Soggetto topico |
Brain - Growth
Brain - Diseases |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-908316-42-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 INTRODUCTION; Book subject matter; Brain growth and development; Investigative studies; History of cerebral palsy; Embryonic and fetal age; National Collaborative Perinatal Project; Section 1; 2 BRAIN GROWTH; Introduction; Intrauterine growth periods; Growth functions; Historic introduction to growth studies; Allometric relationships of brain weight to body parameters; Differential growth of brain regions; Variations in weight of 'normal' organs at various ages; Sex dimorphism; Developing brain vulnerability; Cellularity and total cell number
Prenatal brain growth modelPostnatal growth model; Conclusions; 3 FETAL VENTRICULAR SIZE, SURFACES, ANDAPPENDAGES; Introduction: the embryonic development of ventricles; Developmental changes in ventricular epithelia; Relative ventricular sizes throughout gestation; Dorsal mesodiencephalic junction: pineal, subcommissural organ, andmesocoelic recess; Discussion; Conclusion; 4 GERMINAL TISSUE (SUBVENTRICULARZONE); Germinal matrix lining all ventricles; Growth and loss of lateral ventricle germinal tissue; Other embryonic ventricles Sonographic and fetal magnetic resonance images of normal germinal matrixConclusion; 5 SURFACE CONFIGURATION-GYRALPATTERN DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; Cortical surface area development: isocortex and allocortex; Timing of gyration: changing gyral patterns related to gestational age; Sulcal fundi, roots, pits, and annectant gyri; Gyri, cortical thickness, neuronal maxima, and synapses; Effects of preterm birth on gyral development; Conclusion; 6 MYELINATED TRACTS: GROWTH PATTERNS; Introduction; Materials and methods; Sequence of myelination; White matter hypoplasia; Conclusion 7 DEVELOPING BRAIN IMAGING ANDMagnetic resonance SPECTROSCOPYIntroduction; Prescanning evaluations; Cranial ultrasonography or neurosonography; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Basic principles of magnetic resonance; Material; Data presentation; Normative developmental curves; Regional variations; Conclusions; 8 ANGIOGENESIS; Introduction; Embryonic, fetal, and early childhood angiogenesis; Blood-brain barrier development; Conclusion; Section 2 ; 9 DEVELOPMENTAL HUMAN FETALREACTIONS: AVOID, SQUINT, SCOWL,SNEER, AND PUCKER; Introduction BackgroundResults; Neuroimaging; Conclusion; 10 BLAKE'S POUCH AND RETROCEREBELLARCYSTS: POSTERIOR FOSSA CYSTS; Normal posterior fossa development and anatomy; Leptomeningeal development; Fourth ventricular roof development; Cisterna magna; Posterior fossa cysts: general; Fibrous arachnoidal cysts; Arachnoidal duplications: Arachnoidal cysts proper; Blake's pouch and the opening of foramen of magendie; Lateral recess cysts; Dandy-Walker cysts; 'Mega' cisterna magna; Conclusion; 11 Developmental Central NervousSystem Aberration; Introduction; Changes in brain components Changes in response to insults during specific developmental periods |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451983303321 |
Gilles F. H | ||
London, : Mac Keith Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The developing human brain [[electronic resource] ] : growth and adversities / / Floyd H. Gilles, Marvin D. Nelson, Jr |
Autore | Gilles F. H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Mac Keith Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) | NelsonMarvin D |
Collana | Clinics in developmental medicine |
Soggetto topico |
Brain - Growth
Brain - Diseases |
ISBN | 1-908316-42-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 INTRODUCTION; Book subject matter; Brain growth and development; Investigative studies; History of cerebral palsy; Embryonic and fetal age; National Collaborative Perinatal Project; Section 1; 2 BRAIN GROWTH; Introduction; Intrauterine growth periods; Growth functions; Historic introduction to growth studies; Allometric relationships of brain weight to body parameters; Differential growth of brain regions; Variations in weight of 'normal' organs at various ages; Sex dimorphism; Developing brain vulnerability; Cellularity and total cell number
Prenatal brain growth modelPostnatal growth model; Conclusions; 3 FETAL VENTRICULAR SIZE, SURFACES, ANDAPPENDAGES; Introduction: the embryonic development of ventricles; Developmental changes in ventricular epithelia; Relative ventricular sizes throughout gestation; Dorsal mesodiencephalic junction: pineal, subcommissural organ, andmesocoelic recess; Discussion; Conclusion; 4 GERMINAL TISSUE (SUBVENTRICULARZONE); Germinal matrix lining all ventricles; Growth and loss of lateral ventricle germinal tissue; Other embryonic ventricles Sonographic and fetal magnetic resonance images of normal germinal matrixConclusion; 5 SURFACE CONFIGURATION-GYRALPATTERN DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; Cortical surface area development: isocortex and allocortex; Timing of gyration: changing gyral patterns related to gestational age; Sulcal fundi, roots, pits, and annectant gyri; Gyri, cortical thickness, neuronal maxima, and synapses; Effects of preterm birth on gyral development; Conclusion; 6 MYELINATED TRACTS: GROWTH PATTERNS; Introduction; Materials and methods; Sequence of myelination; White matter hypoplasia; Conclusion 7 DEVELOPING BRAIN IMAGING ANDMagnetic resonance SPECTROSCOPYIntroduction; Prescanning evaluations; Cranial ultrasonography or neurosonography; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Basic principles of magnetic resonance; Material; Data presentation; Normative developmental curves; Regional variations; Conclusions; 8 ANGIOGENESIS; Introduction; Embryonic, fetal, and early childhood angiogenesis; Blood-brain barrier development; Conclusion; Section 2 ; 9 DEVELOPMENTAL HUMAN FETALREACTIONS: AVOID, SQUINT, SCOWL,SNEER, AND PUCKER; Introduction BackgroundResults; Neuroimaging; Conclusion; 10 BLAKE'S POUCH AND RETROCEREBELLARCYSTS: POSTERIOR FOSSA CYSTS; Normal posterior fossa development and anatomy; Leptomeningeal development; Fourth ventricular roof development; Cisterna magna; Posterior fossa cysts: general; Fibrous arachnoidal cysts; Arachnoidal duplications: Arachnoidal cysts proper; Blake's pouch and the opening of foramen of magendie; Lateral recess cysts; Dandy-Walker cysts; 'Mega' cisterna magna; Conclusion; 11 Developmental Central NervousSystem Aberration; Introduction; Changes in brain components Changes in response to insults during specific developmental periods |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779154903321 |
Gilles F. H | ||
London, : Mac Keith Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The developing human brain : growth and adversities / / Floyd H. Gilles, Marvin D. Nelson, Jr |
Autore | Gilles F. H |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Mac Keith Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
Disciplina | 612.82 |
Altri autori (Persone) | NelsonMarvin D |
Collana | Clinics in developmental medicine |
Soggetto topico |
Brain - Growth
Brain - Diseases |
ISBN | 1-908316-42-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 INTRODUCTION; Book subject matter; Brain growth and development; Investigative studies; History of cerebral palsy; Embryonic and fetal age; National Collaborative Perinatal Project; Section 1; 2 BRAIN GROWTH; Introduction; Intrauterine growth periods; Growth functions; Historic introduction to growth studies; Allometric relationships of brain weight to body parameters; Differential growth of brain regions; Variations in weight of 'normal' organs at various ages; Sex dimorphism; Developing brain vulnerability; Cellularity and total cell number
Prenatal brain growth modelPostnatal growth model; Conclusions; 3 FETAL VENTRICULAR SIZE, SURFACES, ANDAPPENDAGES; Introduction: the embryonic development of ventricles; Developmental changes in ventricular epithelia; Relative ventricular sizes throughout gestation; Dorsal mesodiencephalic junction: pineal, subcommissural organ, andmesocoelic recess; Discussion; Conclusion; 4 GERMINAL TISSUE (SUBVENTRICULARZONE); Germinal matrix lining all ventricles; Growth and loss of lateral ventricle germinal tissue; Other embryonic ventricles Sonographic and fetal magnetic resonance images of normal germinal matrixConclusion; 5 SURFACE CONFIGURATION-GYRALPATTERN DEVELOPMENT; Introduction; Cortical surface area development: isocortex and allocortex; Timing of gyration: changing gyral patterns related to gestational age; Sulcal fundi, roots, pits, and annectant gyri; Gyri, cortical thickness, neuronal maxima, and synapses; Effects of preterm birth on gyral development; Conclusion; 6 MYELINATED TRACTS: GROWTH PATTERNS; Introduction; Materials and methods; Sequence of myelination; White matter hypoplasia; Conclusion 7 DEVELOPING BRAIN IMAGING ANDMagnetic resonance SPECTROSCOPYIntroduction; Prescanning evaluations; Cranial ultrasonography or neurosonography; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Basic principles of magnetic resonance; Material; Data presentation; Normative developmental curves; Regional variations; Conclusions; 8 ANGIOGENESIS; Introduction; Embryonic, fetal, and early childhood angiogenesis; Blood-brain barrier development; Conclusion; Section 2 ; 9 DEVELOPMENTAL HUMAN FETALREACTIONS: AVOID, SQUINT, SCOWL,SNEER, AND PUCKER; Introduction BackgroundResults; Neuroimaging; Conclusion; 10 BLAKE'S POUCH AND RETROCEREBELLARCYSTS: POSTERIOR FOSSA CYSTS; Normal posterior fossa development and anatomy; Leptomeningeal development; Fourth ventricular roof development; Cisterna magna; Posterior fossa cysts: general; Fibrous arachnoidal cysts; Arachnoidal duplications: Arachnoidal cysts proper; Blake's pouch and the opening of foramen of magendie; Lateral recess cysts; Dandy-Walker cysts; 'Mega' cisterna magna; Conclusion; 11 Developmental Central NervousSystem Aberration; Introduction; Changes in brain components Changes in response to insults during specific developmental periods |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822157703321 |
Gilles F. H | ||
London, : Mac Keith Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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