Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Neuroanatomical Substrates: Early Developmental Events 9
6. 2. Synaptogenesis 37
7. 3. Methods for the Study of Functional Plasticity 68
8. 4. Plasticity in Sensory Systems 88
9. 5. Plasticity in the Motor Cortex 111
10. 6. Plasticity in the Development of Language 131
11. 7. Plasticity in Elective Brain Functions 155
12. 8. Adult Plasticity 170
13. 9. Summing Up 189
14. 10. The Practical Relevance of the Findings from Developmental Neurobiology 211
15. References 217
16. Author Index 265
17. Subject Index 271