Normal and Abnormal Development of Brain and Behaviour

This volume contains the proceedings of a postgraduate course for medical practitioners of various specialties. One purpose of the course was to provide factual data on developmental aspects of the brain and behaviour, and about the possible impact of several important categories of internal and env...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stoelinga, G.B.A. (Editor), van der Werff ten Bosch, J.J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1971, 1971
Edition:1st ed. 1971
Series:Boerhaave Series for Postgraduate Medical Education
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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