Preliminaries; Contributors; CHAPTER 1: MAKING A NEURAL TUBE: NEURAL INDUCTION AND NEURULATION; CHAPTER 2: CELL PROLIFERATION IN THE DEVELOPING MAMMALIAN BRAIN; CHAPTER 3: ANTEROPOSTERIOR AND DORSOVENTRAL PATTERNING; CHAPTER 4: NEURAL CREST AND CRANIAL ECTODERMAL PLACODES; CHAPTER 5: NEUROGENESIS; CHAPTER 6: THE OLIGODENDROCYTE; CHAPTER 7: ASTROCYTE DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 8: NEURONAL MIGRATION IN THE DEVELOPING BRAIN; CHAPTER 9: GUIDANCE OF AXONS AND DENDRITES; CHAPTER 10: SYNAPTOGENESIS; CHAPTER 11: PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH; CHAPTER 12: REGENERATION AND REPAIR.
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With its comprehensive and completely updated coverage, generous illustrations, and a table of contents that reads like a Who's Who in neuroscience, this new and expanded Fourth Edition is a must book for the professional neurobiologist and others seeking definitive and authoritative information in this important field. Instructors, as well as graduate and advanced under-graduate students, will also appreciate its clearly presented information, historical references, and organization for classroom use.