45. GROWTH AND MATURATION OF THE BRAIN 



1964 



Editors: D. P. Purpura and J. P. Schade Elsevier Publishing Cy. 



Progress in Brain Research, vol. 4 Amsterdam - London - New York 



289 pp., 180 figs., 46 tbs. Price: 80 s. 



THE DEVELOPING BRAIN 

 1964 



Editors: W. A. Himwich Elsevier Pubhshing Cy. 



and H. E. Himwich Amsterdam - London - New York 

 Progress in Brain Research, vol. 9 Price: 80 s. 



267 pp., 127 figs., 35 tbs. 



These two Symposium reports are best reviewed together, since they deal 

 with the same field, and differ only in contributors and in the relative stress put 

 on various topics. The first symposium was held in Amsterdam in September 

 1962, and the second in Galesburg, 111. in April 1963. The first meeting had 21 

 contributors, 10 of which came from the U.S.A. The second meeting had 48 

 contributors, 9 of which came from countries other than the U.S.A. In both 

 meetings together 8 contributors came from Eastern-European centres (Mos- 

 cow, Prague, Poznan). Only two contributors took part in both meetings. The 

 first report contains 12 papers, the second 25 papers, many of which are only 

 a few pages long. 



The papers of the first report deal mainly with the brain of the human and 

 some other mammals. Only two papers deal with biochemistry, most of the 

 others with structure and function and their relationships. In the second report 

 more stress is laid on electrophysiology, biochemistry, and neuropharmacology, 

 and the papers deal with a variety of mammals, and also with other vertebrate 

 classes. 



Both reports include the discussions following the papers, and both are con- 

 cluded by author and subject indexes. The production of the books is excellent. 



Contributors to vol. 4: Bonavita (Palermo), Brizzee (Omaha, Nebr.), Colon (Amsterdam), 

 Hierowski (Poznan), Housepian (New York, N.Y.), Humprey (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Kharetchko 

 (Salt Lake City, Utah), Levi-Montalcini (St. Louis, Mo.), L0vtrup (Goteborg), Marty (Paris), 

 Noback (New York, N.Y.), Pappas (New York. N.Y.), Purpura (New York, N.Y.). Rabino- 

 wic2 (Lausanne), Sarkisov (Moscow), Schade (Amsterdam), Scherrer (Paris), Shofer (New 

 York, N.Y.), Van Backer (Amsterdam), Vogt (Lincoln, Nebr.), Wendcr (Poznan). 



Contributors to vol. 9: Akert (Madison, Wise), Anokhin (Moscow), Aprison (Indianapolis, 

 Ind.), Barron (Hines. 111.), Berl (New York, N.Y.), Bernsohn (Hines. 111.), Bogdanski (Bethesda, 

 Md.), Brodie (Bethesda, Md.), Buno (Galesburg, 111.), Cohen (Minneapolis, Minn.), DiPerri 

 (Galesburg, 111.), Dravid (Galesburg, 111.), Ellingson (Omaha. Nebr.). Fisher (Prague), Flock 

 (Rochester, Minn.), Fourment (Paris), Guroff (Bethesda. Md.), Hable (Madison, Wise), Hess 

 (Chicago, 111.), H. E.. Himwich (Galesburg, IlL), W. A. Himwich (Galesburg, III). Horwitt 

 (Elgin, 111.), Inman (Galesburg 111.),, Jilek (Prague), Kabara (Detroit, Mich.). Kobnya.shi 

 (Gale.sburg, III), Krulich (Prague), La Velle (Chicago. 111.), Lindsley (Los Angeles. Calif.). 

 McCaman (Indianapolis, Ind.), Milstein (Minneapolis, Minn.), Owen (Rochester, Minn.), 

 Pascoe (Amsterdam), Petersen (Galesburg, III.). Pscheidt (Galesburg, IH.). Schade (Amster- 

 dam), A. Scheibel (Los Angeles. Calif.), M. Scheibel (Los Angeles, Calif.), Scherrer (Paris), 

 Swaiman (Minneapolis, Minn.), Trojan (Prague), Tyce (Rochester, Minn.), Udenfried (Bethes- 

 da, Md.), Vernadakis (Salt Lake City, Utah), Waisman (Madi.son. Wise), Wang (Madison, 

 Wise), Withrow (Salt Lake City, Utah), Woodbury (Salt Lake City, Utah). 



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