Cover; Copyright; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Brain development and behavior: Historical introduction; Chapter 2. Some structural and functional substrates of development in young cats; Chapter 3. Studies of the electrical activity of the developing human brain; Chapter 4. Systemogenesis as a general regulator of brain development; Chapter 5. Neurohistological studies of developing mouse brain; Chapter 6. The evolution of the developing brain of the dog; Chapter 7. Critical periods of neuronal maturation; Chapter 8. General discussion

Chapter 9. Electrocortical effects of sensory deprivation during developmentChapter 10. The reaction of the brain to stagnant hypoxia and anoxia during ontogeny; Chapter 11. Maturational changes in cerebral cortex III. Effects of methionine sulfoximine on some electrical parameters and dendritic organisation of cortical neurons; Chapter 12. Brain Cholesterol. The Effect of its Development on Incorporation of Acetate-2-3H and Glucose-U-14C; Chapter 13. Esterase activity and zymogram patterns in developing rat brain

Chapter 14. Interrelationships of glucose, glutamate and aspartate metabolism in developing rabbit brainChapter 15. Biochemical studies of the central nervous system of the dog during maturation; Chapter 16. Effect of acute and subacute administration of diphenylhydantoin on electroshock seizure thresh-old in developing rats; Chapter 17. Postnatal changes in amino acid metabolism of kitten brain; Chapter 18. General discussion; Chapter 19. The uptake of aromatic amino acids by the brain of mature and newborn rats; Chapter 20. Tryptophan metabolism in the brain of the developing rat

Chapter 21. Tissue Acid-Base Changes During MaturationChapter 22. Some ultrastructural changes in the brain of phenylketonuric rats and monkeys; Chapter 23. Effects of reserpine and isocarboxazid in the frog; Chapter 24. Effect of diet on lipid composition of brain; Chapter 25. The synthetic and catabolic enzyme system for acetylcholine and serotonin in several discrete areas of the developing rabbit brain; Chapter 26. Biogenic amines and drug action in the nervous system of various vertebrate classes; Chapter 27. General discussion; Summary; Author index; Subject index