Normal and abnormal development of brain and behaviour.
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[Book]
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[Place of publication not identified]
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Springer
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2013
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Somatic development and the study of the central nervous system.- Undernutrition and the developing brain: the use of animal models to elucidate the human problem.- Effects of early malnutrition on general development in animals.- Postnatal growth and development in small-for-date babies.- On the structure, development, and connections of the limbic system.- Behavioral assessment in infancy.- Manual to accompany newborn behavioral and neurological scales.- Motor behaviour in relation to brain structure.- Neurological criteria for the estimation of the post-menstrual age of newborn infants.- Neurological follow-up of infants born after obstetrical complications.- Observations of free-field behaviour in preschool boys and girls in relation to neurological findings.- Genetic influences on development of behavior.- Non-genetic prenatal influences on psychological development.- Comment.- Congenital deafness and disturbed psychomotor development.- Effects of congenital blindness on development of behaviour.- The influence of emotional deprivation on growth and behaviour.- Neuroendocrine factors and the ontogeny of behavior.- The effects of early hypothyroidism on IQ, school performance, and electroencephalogram pattern in children.- Pituitary-adrenal hormones and behaviour.- Hormonal and social determinants of sexual behavior in the pigtail monkey (Macaca nemestrina).- Index of subjects.