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List of contributors; 1. Reflections on the origins of the human brain Jean-Pierre Changeux; Part I. Making of the Brain: 2. The molecular basis of central nervous system development Ola Hermanson and Urban Lendahl; Historical box 1; 3. Holoprosencephaly and microcephaly vera: perturbations of proliferations Verne S. Caviness Jr, Pradeep G. Bhide and Richard S. Nowakowski; Historical box 2; 4. Neuronal migration Sandrine Passemard, Angela M. Kaindl, Virginia Leverche, Pascal Dournaud and Pierre Gressens; 5. Synaptogenesis in the neocortex of the newborn: the ultimate frontier for individuation? Jean-Pierre Bourgeois; 6. Neurotrophic factors in brain development Thomas Ringstedt; Historical box 3; 7. Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators Eric Herlenius and Hugo Lagercrantz; Historical box 4; 8. Glial cell biology Arne Schousboe and Helle S. Waagepetersen; Part II. Sensory Systems and Behavior: 9. Development of the somatosensory system Sandra Rees, David Walker and Ernest Jennings; 10. Principles of endogenous and sensory activity-dependent brain development: the visual system Anna A. Penn and Carla J. Shatz; Historical box 5; 11. Fetal and neonatal development of the auditory system S. Allen Counter; 12. Newborn behaviour and perception Elena V. Kushnerenko and Mark H. Johnson; Part III. Radiological and Neurophysiological Investigation: 13. Imaging the infant brain Mary A. Rutherford; 14. Electroencephalography and amplitude-integrated EEG Lena Hellström-Westas and Ingemar Rosén; 15. Emergence of spontaneous and evoked EEG activity in the human brain Sampsa Vanhatalo and Kai Kaila; Part IV. Clinical Aspects: 16. Perinatal infections and brain injuries Donald Peebles; 17. Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy Deanna L. Taylor, Grisha Pirianov, A. David Edwards and Henrik Hagberg; 18. Clinical assessment and therapeutic interventions for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in the full-term infant Andrew Whitelaw and Marianne Thoresen; 19. Clinical aspects of brain injury in the preterm infant Michael Weindling; Part V. Follow-Up: 20. Injury and recovery in the developing brain Koray Özduman and Laura R. Ment; 21. Development of motor functions in health and disease Mijna Hadders-Algra and Hans Forssberg; 22. Antenatal glucocorticoids and programming of neuroendocrine function and behavior Stephen G. Matthews and Amita Kapoor; Part VI. Consciousness: 23. On the emergence of consciousness Hugo Lagercrantz and Jean-Pierre Changeux; Index.

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