Prenatal and Postnatal Determinants of Development

PART I:  DEVELOPMENT

Investigating Early Formation Of The Cerebral Cortex by In Utero Electroporation - Methods And Protocols

Peter Kozulin, Gonzalo Almarza, Ilan Gobius, and Linda J. Richards

 

 

2. In Utero Electroporation Methods in the Study of Cerebral Cortical Development

Isabel Martínez-Garay, Fernando García-Moreno, Navneet Vasistha, Andre Marques-Smith, and  Zoltán Molnár

 

 

3. Isolation of GABAergic Cortical Neurons and Implications for Cell Transplantation Strategies in the Nervous System

Hui Xuan Ng and Joanne M. Britto

 

4. Advanced EEG and MRI Measurements to Study the Functional Development of the Newborn Brain

Sampsa Vanhatolo and Peter Fransson 

 

5. Cerebral Blood Flow Measurements in the Neonatal Brain

Flora Wong 

 

6. Fetal Sleep and Spontaneous Behaviour in Utero: Animal and Clinical Studies

Dan 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 STRESS

8. Prenatal Programming of the Mesolimbic Reward Pathway and Food Preferences

Beverley Muhlhausler and Jessica Gugusheff

 

 

9. Perinatal and Postnatal Determinants of Brain Development - Recent Studies and Methodological Advances

Sarah 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 Newborn

Hannah K. Palliser, Greer A. Bennett , Meredith A Kelleher, Angela L. Cumberland, David W. Walker, and Jonathan J. Hirst

 

11. Placental