Neural development and plasticity Book

	List of contributors
	Preface
1	Clonal architecture of the mouse retina	3
2	Early development of the cerebral cortex	17
3	Growth cone behaviors during axon guidance in the developing cerebral cortex	31
4	Specification of layer-specific connections in the developing cortex	41
5	Cellular mechanisms regulating neurite initiation	55
6	Prenatal development of axon outgrowth and connectivity	83
7	Retinal axon divergence in the optic chiasm: growth cone behaviors and signalling cells	95
8	Cell adhesion/recognition molecule-mediated steps during the guidance of commissural and motor axons	109
9	Extracellular matrix in early cortical development	119
10	Unilateral containment of retinal axons by tectal glia: a possible role for sulfated proteoglycans	135
11	Proteoglycans and other repulsive molecules in glial boundaries during development and regeneration of the nervous system	149
12	Axon decussation and midline glia in the developing ferret auditory hindbrain	165
13	Myelin-associated neurite growth inhibitors: regulators of plastic changes of neural connections in the central nervous system	183
14	NMDA-receptor-dependent synaptic plasticity in the visual cortex	205
15	The role of excitatory amino acid transmission in development and plasticity of SI barrel cortex	219
16	The role of NMDA receptors and nitric oxide in retinogeniculate development	235
17	Developmental mechanisms for regulating signal amplification at excitatory synapses in the neocortex	245
18	Glutamate receptors and development of the visual cortex: effect of metabotropic agonists on cAMP	263
19	Nitric oxide and the developmental remodeling of retinal connections in the brain	273
20	Cellular mechanisms underlying the formation of orderly connections in developing sensory pathways	287
21	Control of retinotectal axon arbor growth by postsynaptic CaMKII	303
22	Pre- and postnatal expression of amino acid neurotransmitters, calcium binding proteins, and nitric oxide synthase in the developing superior colliculus	313
23	Growth cone dynamics and activity-dependent processes in neuronal network development	333
24	The subependymal zone: "brain marrow"	349
25	Cellular and molecular correlates to plasticity during recovery from injury in the developing mammalian brain	365
26	Extensive cortical reorganization following sciatic nerve injury in adult rats versus restricted reorganization after neonatal injury: implications for spatial and temporal limits on somatosensory plasticity	379
27	Neural plasticity after brain damage	391
	Subject Index	409