The Book Is Presented As A Timeline Of Development With Emphasis On Human And Vertebrate Biology. Fully Documented Examples Exhaustively Illustrate General Principles In Viewing Development Of Structure And Function As An Integrated Unity. The Book Stresses The Universal Aspects Of The Development Of The Nervous System In Both Vertebrates And Invertebrates, Especially At The Cellular Level, But Also Compares And Contrasts Different Levels Of Neuronal Organization, Giving Much Attention To Phylogenetic And Individual Variations In Neuronal Ontogeny. Making A Neural Tube : Neural Induction And Neurulation / Raj Ladher & Gary C. Schoenwolf -- Cell Proliferation In The Developing Mammalian Brain / R.s. Nowakowski & N.l. Hayes -- Anteroposterior & Dorsoventral Patterning / Diana Karol Darnell -- Neural Crest & Cranial Ectodermal Placodes / Clare Baker -- Neurogenesis / Monica L. Vetter & Richard I. Dorsky -- The Oligodendrocyte / Mark Noble, Margot Mayer-proschel, & Robert H. Miller -- Astrocyte Development / Steven W. Levison, Jean De Vellis, & James E. Goldman -- Neuronal Migration In The Developing Brain / Franck Polleux & E.s. Anton -- Guidance Of Axons & Dendrites / Chi-bin Chien -- Synaptogenesis / Bruce Patton & Robert W. Burgess -- Programmed Cell Death / Kevin A. Roth -- Regeneration & Repair / Maureen L. Condic -- Developmental Mechanisms In Aging / Mark P. Mattson & Tobi L. Limke -- Beginnings Of The Nervous System / Marcus Jacobson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.