Mammalian Brain Development

Table of Contents: Sexual differentiation of the brain: genetic, hormonal, and trophic factors Hugo F. Carrer Maria J. Cambiasso Life at the interface between a dynamic environment and a fixed genome: Epigenetic programming of stress responses by maternal behavior Ian Weaver, PhD Effects of early life seizures and anti-epileptic drug treatment on brain development in human models Amy Brooks-Kayal, MD Eric Marsh, MD, PhD Prenatal development of the human blood-brain barrier Luca Cucullo, PhD Seizure propensity and brain development: a lesson from animal models Annamaria Vezzani, PhD Jana Veliskova, PhD Astrid Nehlig, PhD Seizures and antiepileptic drugs: does exposure alter normal brain development in animals models? Solomon Moshe, MD Libor Velisek, MD, PhD Aristea Galanopoulou, MD, PhD Overview of neural mechanisms of developmental disorders Ayush Batra Dr. Kathleen Franco Erin Carlton Drug permeation across the fetal maternal barriers Chaitali Ghosh Nicola Marchi, PhD In vivo imaging of brain development: Technologies, models, applications, and impact on understanding the etiology of mental retardation Vicko Gluncic, MD Congenital, non-inheritable chromosomal abnormalities responsible for neurological disorders Patrizia D'Adamo and Riccardo Bianchi, PhD