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Human Growth

Volume 3 Neurobiology and Nutrition

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  • © 1979

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Editors:
  1. Frank Falkner

    1. The Fels Research Institute, Wright State University School of Medicine, Yellow Springs, USA

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  2. J. M. Tanner

    1. Institute of Child Health, London, England

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Neurobiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Neuroembryology and the Development of Perception

      • Colwyn Trevarthen
      Pages 3-96

    3. The Differentiate Maturation of the Human Cerebral Cortex

      • T. Rabinowicz
      Pages 97-123

    4. Organization and Reorganization in the Central Nervous System: Evolving Concepts of Brain Plasticity

      • Gary Lynch, Christine Gall
      Pages 125-144

    5. Developmental Aspects of the Neuronal Control of Breathing

      • F. J. Schulte
      Pages 145-156

    6. Ontogenesis of Brain Bioelectrical Activity and Sleep Organization in Neonates and Infants

      • C. Dreyfus-Brisac
      Pages 157-182

    7. Sexual Differentiation of the Brain

      • Pamela C. B. Mackinnon
      Pages 183-221

    8. Critical Periods in Organizational Processes

      • J. P. Scott
      Pages 223-241

    9. Patterns of Early Neurological Development

      • Ingeborg Brandt
      Pages 243-304

    10. Early Development of Neonatal and Infant Behavior

      • E. Tronick, H. Als, T. B. Brazelton
      Pages 305-328

  3. Nutrition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 329-329
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    2. Nutrition and Growth in Infancy

      • Renate L. Bergmann, Karl E. Bergmann
      Pages 331-360

    3. Protein-Energy Malnutrition and Growth

      • Laurence Malcolm
      Pages 361-372

    4. Population Differences in Growth: Environmental and Genetic Factors

      • Phyllis B. Eveleth
      Pages 373-394

    5. Epidemiological Considerations

      • Derrick B. Jelliffe, E. F. Patrice Jelliffe
      Pages 395-405

    6. Obesity

      • George F. Cahill Jr., Aldo A. Rossini
      Pages 407-414

    7. Nutritional Deficiencies and Brain Development

      • Robert Balázs, Paul D. Lewis, Ambrish J. Patel
      Pages 415-480

    8. Nutrition, Mental Development and Learning

      • Joaquín Cravioto, Elsa R. Delicardie
      Pages 481-511

  4. History of Growth Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 513-513
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About this book

Growth, as we conceive it, is the study of change in an organism not yet mature. Differential growth creates form: external form through growth rates which vary from one part of the body to another and one tissue to another; and internal form through the series of time-entrained events which build up in each cell the special­ ized complexity of its particular function. We make no distinction, then, between growth and development, and if we have not included accounts of differentiation it is simply because we had to draw a quite arbitrary line somewhere. It is only rather recently that those involved in pediatrics and child health have come to realize that growth is the basic science peculiar to their art. It is a science which uses and incorporates the traditional disciplines of anatomy, physiology, biophysics, biochemistry, and biology. It is indeed a part of biology, and the study of human growth is a part of the curriculum of the rejuvenated science of Human Biology. What growth is not is a series of charts of height and weight. Growth standards are useful and necessary, and their construction is by no means void of intellectual challenge. They are a basic instrument in pediatric epidemiology. But they do not appear in this book, any more than clinical accounts of growth disorders. This appears to be the first large handbook-in three volumes-devoted to Human Growth.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Fels Research Institute, Wright State University School of Medicine, Yellow Springs, USA

    Frank Falkner

  • Institute of Child Health, London, England

    J. M. Tanner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Growth

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 3 Neurobiology and Nutrition

  • Editors: Frank Falkner, J. M. Tanner

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0817-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-0819-5Published: 25 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-0817-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 606

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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