Prenatal and Postnatal Determinants of Development

PART I: DEVELOPMENTInvestigating Early Formation Of The Cerebral Cortex by In Utero Electroporation - Methods And ProtocolsPeter Kozulin, Gonzalo Almarza, Ilan Gobius, and Linda J. Richards 2. In Utero Electroporation Methods in the Study of Cerebral Cortical DevelopmentIsabel Martinez-Garay, Fernando Garcia-Moreno, Navneet Vasistha, Andre Marques-Smith, and Zoltan Molnar 3. Isolation of GABAergic Cortical Neurons and Implications for Cell Transplantation Strategies in the Nervous SystemHui Xuan Ng and Joanne M. Britto 4. Advanced EEG and MRI Measurements to Study the Functional Development of the Newborn BrainSampsa Vanhatolo and Peter Fransson 5. Cerebral Blood Flow Measurements in the Neonatal BrainFlora Wong 6. Fetal Sleep and Spontaneous Behaviour in Utero: Animal and Clinical StudiesDan Rurak 7. Circadian Rhythms in the Fetus and Newborn-Significance of Interactions with Maternal Physiology and the Environment Maria Serron-Ferre, Hans Richter, Dr Claudia Torres-Farfan PART II: PROGRAMMING and STRESS8. Prenatal Programming of the Mesolimbic Reward Pathway and Food PreferencesBeverley Muhlhausler and Jessica Gugusheff 9. Perinatal and Postnatal Determinants of Brain Development - Recent Studies and Methodological AdvancesSarah Spencer and Trish Jenkins 10. Models of Perinatal Compromises in the Guinea Pig - Their Use in Showing the Role of Neurosteroids in Pregnancy and the NewbornHannah K. Palliser, Greer A. Bennett , Meredith A Kelleher, Angela L. Cumberland, David W. Walker, and Jonathan J. Hirst 11. Placental Transport and Metabolism: Implications for the Developmental Effects of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) AntidepressantsJuan Velaquez and Alexandre Bonnin 12. Studies on the Effects Prenatal Immune Activation on Postnatal Behaviour - Models of Developmental Origins of Schizophrenia?Udani Ratnayake and Rachel Hill PART III: BRAIN DAMAGE - CAUSES & CONSEQUENCES13. Oligodendrocytes: Cells of Origin for White Matter Injury in the Developing Brain?Mary Tolcos, David Rowitch, and Justin Dean 14. Prenatal Determinants of Brain Development - Recent Studies and Methodological AdvancesStephen Back and Roger Hohimer 15. Using Pregnant Sheep to Model Developmental Brain DamageLotte G. van den Heuij, Guido Wassink, Alistair Jan Gunn, and Laura Bennet 16. A Procedure for Inducing Seizures in the Postnatal RatHelena Parkington and Harry Coleman 17. Origin and Detection of Neonatal Seizures - Animal and Clinical StudiesTracey Bjorkmann