of recent Information. 



Of the 23 papers presented 15 are major reports forming a mix- 

 ture of review and original research. Most of the research was 

 on mammals, but some significant contributions deal with avian 

 material. The papers are grouped in two sections, one dealing 

 with morphological aspects (10 papers), the other with metabolic 

 aspects (13 papers). In the first section work done with sophis- 

 ticated light and electron microscopical techniques is reported, 

 and attention is focussed on such diverse subjects as the neural 

 crest, glial cells, neuroblasts, specific neurons, synapses, the 

 cortex, the (avian) visual system, and in vitro techniques. The 

 second section discusses, among other things, nerve growth fac- 

 tor, hormonal and nutritional effects, lipids, biogenic amines, 

 protein and nucleic acid synthesis and accumulation. All the 

 discussions held during the symposium are included; they have 

 their own literature references and illustrations, and the con- 

 tributors are Included in the author index. 



The book is superbly produced and Illustrated. One wonders, 

 however, whether a less luxurious production and a consequent 

 lower price would not have been to the benefit of the numerous 

 persons who will no doubt want to buy this rich book for their 

 personal use. 



48. 



G.B.A.STOELINGA and J . J . v.d . WERPP TEN BOSCH, eds. 1971. NORMAL 



AND ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR 



Leiden Univ. Press, Leiden. Boerhaave Series for Postgraduate 



Medical Education. VIII, 3^8 pp., Il8 figs., 34 tabs., subject 



index. D.fl. 61.50, £ 7.31 



This volume contains the proceedings of a postgraduate course 

 for medical practitioners given at Leiden University in NovemDer, 

 1970. Of the 22 contributors the majority were Dutch, while three 

 each were from England and the U.S.A. The discussions held in the 

 course are recorded in full. 



The majority of the 21 contributions deal with aspects of tht 

 growth, neurology, behaviour, and experimental psychology of 

 postnatal humans and other mammals. However, at least three pa- 

 pers are of more specific interest to our readers: Undernutri- 

 tion and the developing brain: the use of animal models to elu- 

 cidate the human problem, by Dobblng (19 pp.); Effects of early 

 malnutrition on general development in animals, by Widdowson 

 (14 pp.); On the structure, development, and connections of the 

 limbic system, by Arlens Kappers (l8 pp.). 



The book is well produced and well Illustrated. 



CELLULAR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (incl. cell culture, cytochemls- 

 try) (see also 6,19,20,34,36,39,46,47,73,76,84-86) 



Treatises 



49. 



A.S.GORDON, ed. 1970. REGULATION OF HEMATOPOIESIS . Vol.1 Red 

 cell production. Vol.2 White cell and platelet production 

 Appleton-Century-Crofts/Meredlth Corp., New York. XL,l667 pp., 

 495 figs., 98 tabs., subject index. $ 85-35 the set 



Because hematopolesls is Increasingly viewed and used as an 

 informative model system for differentiation and cellular Inter- 

 action, this monumental treatise is not only of interest to he- 

 matologlsts but to developmental biologists as well. At least 

 one third of the 57 chapters contain material that has a direct 

 bearing on problems of blood cell proliferation and differenti- 



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