ORGANOGENESIS, HISTOGENESIS (incl. tissue and organ culture, histochemistry) (see 



also 3,14,37,42,90,100.1 16,1 19) 



Treatises 



71. 



W. HIMWICH, ed. 1974. BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE DEVELOPING BRAIN. VOL. 2 



Dekker, New York. VII, 325 pp., 23 figs., 20 tabs., author and subject indexes. $ 25.50 



Contributors: Barbashova, Howard, O'Neill, Shirachi, Simanovskii, Sutherland, Trevor, 

 Van Den Berg, Winick 



Vol. 1 of this treatise was briefly reviewed in Gen. Embryol. Inf. Serv. 75, 2, p. 185. 

 The authors of the present volume are American, Russian, and Dutch. The seven chapters 

 deal successively with the following subjects; hormones, growth and DNA content; 

 carbohydrates; metabolism in vitro; enzymes; cellular growth; influence of hypoxia and 

 hypokinesia. 



The book has a bibliography of over 500 titles; the most recent ones are of 1971, with 

 a few titles of later years. 



Monographs 



11. 



L. V. DAVLETOVA. 1974. DIGESTIVE ORGAN DEVELOPMENT IN RUMINANTS 



AND OMNIVOROUS ANIMALS (in Russian) 



Izd. Nauka, Moscow. 136 pp., 40 figs., 21 tabs. 



Ch.l covers embryonic, pre-fetal, early fetal, and late fetal periods; emphasis on 

 functional histology of digestive tract and relations with intra-uterine nutrition; ch.2 deals 

 with functional morphology in relation to modes of ingestion, multiple pregnancy, and 

 racial differences; illustrated mainly with histochemical micrographs; 13-page biblio- 

 graphy (9 pp. Russian). 



73. 



R. M. GAZE and M. J. KEATING, eds. 1974. DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION 



IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 



Medical Dept., British Council, London. Brit. Med. Bull. 30, 2. 85 pp., 20 figs., 5 tabs. 

 £2.50, $ 6.50 (paper) 



Of the 15 papers in this special issue at least ten are of interest to all neuro-embryolo- 

 gists. All but one of these are condensed but very readable reviews of areas in which major 

 advances have recently been made. Among them are neuronal specificity, brain metabo- 

 lism, and what may be loosely called plasticity in the nervous system (both embryonic 

 and postnatal). Because of their terseness the reviews are also eminently suited for the 

 non-specialist who wants to bring himself up to date. 



We specifically mention the following contributors: Prestige, Gaze, Mark, Balazs, 

 Keating, Blakemore, and Dobbing. Most of the hterature cited is recent to very recent. 

 Several papers contain clear diagrams especially made for this issue. 



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