Neural plasticity : the effects of environment on the development of the cerebral cortex / Peter R. Huttenlocher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huttenlocher, Peter R.

Series:

Perspectives in cognitive neuroscience.

Perspectives in cognitive neuroscience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developmental neurophysiology.

Neuroplasticity.

Cerebral cortex.

Physical Description:

274 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Neural plasticity--the brain's ability to change in response to normal developmental processes, experience, and injury--is a critically important phenomenon for both neuroscience and psychology. This book is a unique contribution to research and to the literature on clinical neuroscience.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Neuroanatomical Substrates: Early Developmental Events

2. Synaptogenesis

3. Methods for the Study of Functional Plasticity

4. Plasticity in Sensory Systems

5. Plasticity in the Motor Cortex

6. Plasticity in the Development of Language

7. Plasticity in Elective Brain Functions

8. Adult Plasticity

9. Summing Up

10. The Practical Relevance of the Findings from Developmental Neurobiology

References

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-263) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780674038936

0674038932

OCLC:

923111362