Neural Activity And The Growth Of The Brain

Preface Introduction Part I. Lecture I: Maps: 1. Brain growth and its potential significance 2. A contrary view of brain development 3. Brain maps 4. Measurement of maps in the developing brain 5. Conclusion Part II. Lecture II: Modules: 6. Discovery and definition 7. The significance of modularity 8. The development of modular circuitry 9. Conclusion Part III. Lecture III: Trophic Interactions: 10. Qualitative and quantitative accuracy of neural connections 11. Getting the numbers right 12. The importance of target cell geometry in quantitative accuracy 13. Does setting the value of convergence involve synapse elimination? 14. A basis for the interactions that determine convergence 15. The nature of trophic signals 16. Conclusion Part IV. Lecture IV: Activity: 17. How neural activity might lead to information storage 18. The effects of activity in the developing visual system 19. An alternative interpretation of the effects of visual deprivation 20. Some pertinent observations in the peripheral nervous system 21. Neural activity and the growth of the brain 22. Some caveats 23. Conclusion Bibliography Index.