The Human Brain During the Second Trimester

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Title:

Author:

Bayer, Shirley A., author.

ISBN:

9781135509019

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages) : 355 illustrations, text file, PDF.

Series:

Atlas of Human Central Nervous System Development

Atlas of Human Central Nervous System Development.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION--Organization of the Atlas--Specimens--Photography and Computer Processing--Identification of Brain Structures--Major Developmental Brain Structures in the Second Trimester--The Cortical Stratified Transitional Field--References--GW24 CORONAL--Low Magnification Plates--High Magnification Cortex Plates--GW23 SAGITTAL--Low Magnification Plates--High Magnification Cortex Plates--GW23 HORIZONTAL--Low Magnification Plates--High Magnification Plates--GW20 CORONAL--Low Magnification Plates--High Magnification Cortex Plates--High Magnification Corpus Callosum Plates--GW20 SAGITTAL--Low Magnification Plates--High Magnification Cortex Plates--High Magnification Cerebellum Plates--GW17 CORONAL--Low Magnification Plates--High Magnification Plates--High Magnification Cortex Plates--GW17 SAGITTAL--Low Magnification Plates--High Magnification Cortex Plates--High Magnification Cerebellum Plates--GW17 HORIZONTAL--Low Magnification Plates--High Magnification Plates--GW13 CORONAL--Low Magnification Plates--High Magnification Plates--High Magnification Cortex Plates.

Abstract:

The brain in the second trimester, the subject of Volume3, is nearing anatomical maturity throughout the brainstem. In contrast, the neurogenesis and neuronal migration are still in progress in the cerebral cortex and cerebellum. Consequently, the authors chose to focus on the migration, sojourning, and settling of the neuronal populations belonging to these immature structures.These observations can help researchers develop a better understanding of normal brain development at this formative stage. In this volume, the authors offer consideration of a new concept regarding human cortical development: the identification of the stratified transitional field (STF), which continues to play an important role in later stages. Until recently regarded as simply an intermediate and transitional layer of little significance, modern imaging techniques have shown that it is in the STF where cortical neural connections are first specified. Among other salient points, the development of this field may well bring to light those disruptions during development that lead to cerebral palsy.

Subject Term:

SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / Developmental Biology.

MEDICAL / Perinatology & Neonatology.

Brain -- Growth -- Atlases.

Brain -- Imaging -- Atlases.

Brain -- growth & development.

Spinal Cord -- growth & development.

Brain -- embryology.

Spinal Cord -- embryology.

MEDICAL -- Neuroscience.

PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.

Brain -- Growth.