Development of the Nervous System

by Dan H. Sanes, Thomas A. Reh, William A. Harris

Development of the Nervous System presents a broad treatment of the basic principles of neural development as exemplified by key experiments and observations from past and recent times.
The text is organized ontogenically, beginning from the induction of the neural primordium and leading to the emergence of behavior. It covers all the major topics that would form the basis of a comprehensive undergraduate curriculum along the way including the patterning and growth of the nervous system, neuronal determination, axonal navigation and targeting, neuron survival and death, synapse formation and plasticity.
The new text reflects the complete modernization of the field that has been achieved through the use of model organisms, the intensive application of molecular and genetic approaches, and the introduction of new imaging technologies.
Development of the Nervous System is richly illustrated with color photographs and original drawings. These illustrations, combined with clear, concise writing make this a book that is well suited to students approaching this intriguing field for the first time.

* Broad coverage of concepts and experimental strategies
* Full color schematics and photographs of critical experiments
* Outlines the molecular and genetic bases for most developmental events
* Written at a level that is appropriate for undergraduates and beyond
* Includes designs of critical experiments that are easy to understand
* Includes CD with all figures

Genres: Science, Neuroscience, Textbooks, Biology, Nonfiction

392 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Elari]

I hadn't touched a full semester's worth of material before I decided to maybe save the situtation by picking up this book. I challenged myself to read it over the course of a weekend (total of maybe three days) for an open-note exam the following Monday. I had another exam, choir rehearsals, a concert, and a bottle of wine in the interim.

Of course, I ended up only reading the pertinent half, and hoarding 50+ complementary articles. Al-nateeja: I aced the exam. I am definitely not giving this less than five stars over a few typos (which are hardly detectable in the third edition, by the way).

[Thisismarysaa]

This book has been a reference for some of our lectures from a professor who is one of the pioneers the field, so i can confidently recommend it, particularly if you want to do research in neurogensis, neural patterning, action potential, neural circuits and axonal growth. The other references do not go into as much detail for these subjects, but this books covers it all from the basic level to the advanced level you'll need to start reading papers.

[Rudradeep Mukherjee]

As we have to learn a lot about nervous system yet, the authors provide each chapter as a review of the work that has been done in the field.

[Kathy]

Really clear and well-written for the most part, but there are some heinous typos that did all kinds of weird things to my understanding of the material.

[lyn_notLine]

Informative, but so many typos it's embarrassing