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" Brain development / "
Lakshmi Bangalore.
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BL
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| Record Number
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958174
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b712544
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| Main Entry
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Bangalore, Lakshmi.
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| Title & Author
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Brain development /\ Lakshmi Bangalore.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Chelsea House Publishers,, ©2007.
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| Series Statement
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Gray matter
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103 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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0791089541
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: 9780791089545
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-95) and index.
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| Contents
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Brain basics -- Origins of the nervous system -- Neurogenesis : birth, migration, and differentiation of neurons -- Wiring the brain : growth and guidance of axons and dendrites -- Network connectivity : formation and strengthening of synapses -- Laying the insulation : glia and myelination -- The adaptive brain : neural plasticity -- Advances in neuroscience.
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| Abstract
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Examines both the major aspects of the physiology and anatomy of the brain and central nervous system, as well as some of the processes for which the brain is responsible: sleep, addiction, laughter, and dreaming.
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| Subject
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Brain-- Growth, Juvenile literature.
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Brain-- Growth.
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Brain-- Growth.
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| Dewey Classification
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612.8/2
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| LC Classification
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QP376.B276 2007
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R322.81-49clc
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