63. 



K.J.ZILLES. 1978. ONTOGENESIS OF THE VISUAL SYSTEM 



Springer, Berlin, etc. Advan. Anat. Embryol. Cell Biol, vol.54, 3. 138 pp., 



43 figs., 11 tabs., subject index. DM 48.00, $ 24.00 (paper) 



Qualitative and quantitative light-microscopic study of the ontogenesis of 

 11 visual brain regions of Tupaia belangevi (tree shrew, a primitive primate); 

 seven fetuses and 49 postnatal animals (mostly male) from 36 to 792 days post 

 CO'itum; extensive computer-aided morphometric analysis of fresh volume growth; 

 hypothesis concerning growth curves and spontaneous degeneration of neurons; 

 line drawings. 



Dissertations 



64. 



B.BLOCH. 1978. LES NEURONES PRODUCTEURS DE LH-RH CHEZ L ' HOMME AU COURS DE LA- 

 VIE FOETALE, etude cyto-immunologique en microscopie optique et en microsco- 

 pie electronique 



M.D. thesis, Besanijon. Ann. Sci. Univ. Franche-Comte-Besan(jon, Med. Pharm. , 

 N.S. vol.5. 216 pp., 20 figs. English summary (5 pp.) 



Histological, immuno-histochemical and EM study of hypothalamus and pitui- 

 tary in 20 human fetuses (8-25 weeks) and 4 neonates; identification of neu- 

 rons producing LH-releasing hormone; photographic plates with French and 

 English captions; extensive literature discussion (close to 100 pp., over 

 300 references) . 



May be borrowed from the Central Embryological Library, Hubrecht Labora- 

 tory, Uppsalalaan 8, 3 584 CT Utrecht (Netherlands) 



65. 



L.DELATTRE. 1978. ETUDE VESTIBULAIRE DES SECTEURS DE LA FACE ET DU CRANE 



DANS LES ONTOGENESES COMPAREES ET DANS LA PHYLOGENESE DES PRIMATES SUPE- 



RIEURS 



D.D. thesis, Lille. 78 pp., 43 figs., 7 tabs. 



Study of the planimetric surfaces and central angles of six sectors of the 

 sagittal plane of the skull, centred on the auditory vestibule; ontogenetic 

 part based on man and two species of chimpanzee, from foetus to adult; phy- 

 logenetic part based on man and various apes and monkeys; sex differences in 

 man and primates; numerous line drawings, graphs and tables. 



May be borrowed from the Central Embryological Library, Hubrecht Labora- 

 tory, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht (Netherlands) 



Symposium reports 



66. 



S.R.BERENBERG, ed . 1977. BRAIN, fetal and infant; current research on normal 



and abnormal development 



Nijhoff, The Hague. XIV, 348 pp., 91 figs., 50 tabs., subject index. Dfl.85.00 



This volume is based on a symposium held in Paris in December 1976. It is 

 a heterogeneous collection of brief to medium-length research reports, most 

 of which are clinically oriented. Almost all authors are from France or the 

 U.S.A. 



We mention the following subjects that could be of interest to our readers: 

 lipids in chick retina during ontogenesis (Mandei et at. ) ; morphological ma- 

 turation of the brain (Rabinowicz et at. ) ; developmental plasticity in the 

 visual cortex (Imbert) ; hormone effects (Legrand) ; nerve growth factor (a 

 longish review by Arnason and Young) ; maturation of serotoninergic neurons 

 (Hamon and Bourgoin) ; development of catecholamine neuron systems (Moore) ; 

 maturation of cerebral circulation (Sokoloff ) . 



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