Development of the Human Spinal Cord: An Interpretation Based on Experimental Studies in Animals - Hardcover

Altman, Joseph; Bayer, Shirley A.

 
9780195144277: Development of the Human Spinal Cord: An Interpretation Based on Experimental Studies in Animals

Synopsis

This work begins with a review of our understanding of the organization of the spinal cord. Following a detailed experiment-based account of spinal cord development in the rat, the development of the human spinal cord is described in separate chapters during the embryonic period, the foetal period, and infancy. Special attention is paid to neurogenesis in the spinal cord, the maturation of its different classes of its neurons, and the growth and myelination of its ascending and descending fiber tracts. The volume ends with a correlation of motor development with different stages in the morphological development of the human spinal chord from the embryonic period to infancy.

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Review

"The authors must be congratulated for undertaking a painstaking and detailed analysis of the development of the spinal cord ... There is a lot to be admired about this book. The book is beautifully presented and the illustrations are excellent." Brain, 125

Synopsis

This work begins with a review of our understanding of the organization of the spinal cord. Following a detailed experiment-based account of spinal cord development in the rat, the development of the human spinal cord is described in separate chapters during the embryonic period, the foetal period, and infancy. Special attention is paid to neurogenesis in the spinal cord, the maturation of its different classes of its neurons, and the growth and myelination of its ascending and descending fiber tracts. The volume ends with a correlation of motor development with different stages in the morphological development of the human spinal chord from the embryonic period to infancy.

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