39. 



M.B.STERMAN, D.J.McGINTY, and A . M. ADINOLFI , eds. I971 BRAIN 



DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR 



Academic Press, New York, etc. XVIII, 386 pp., Iij6 figs. 21 



tabs., author and subject Indexes. $ 19. 50, £ 9.10 



The 19 chapters of this book are concise but well-written and 

 very informative reviews of a broad range of subjects in devel- 

 opmental neuro- and psychobiology . The emphasis is on the post- 

 natal development of mammals, but three chapters deal partly or 

 entirely with fetal stages. Pour major levels of analysis are 

 represented throughout the book: light and electron microscopy, 

 electrophysiology , biochemistry, and neuro-psychology . Of the 22 

 contributors all but one are Americans, and l4 are associated 

 with the University of California and/or the Veterans Adminis- 

 tration institutions in that state. 



The first four chapters are introductory in nature and deal in 

 a general manner with selected structural-functional correla- 

 tions in the brain, problems connected with synaptogenesis in 

 the cortex, problems in assessing biochemical ontogeny, and 

 problems in correlating behavioral and physiological develop- 

 ment. The next eight chapters cover various aspects of the emer- 

 gence of structure and function, while the last seven deal with 

 the effects of the sensory, hormonal and nutritional environ- 

 ment. All chapters except the third have up-to-date bibliograph- 

 ies . 



The book is very well produced and illustrated. 



O.G.STROEVA. 1971. MORPHOGENESIS AND CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF THE 



MAMMALIAN EYE (in Russian) 



Publ. House Nauka, Moscow. 2^1 pp., 62 figs., 33 tabs. 



Research monograph; anterior chamber of the eye as culture me- 

 dium; segregation of primary eye vesicle; induction of iris and 

 ciliary body; potencies of pigment epithelium; supplementary da- 

 ta on chick and newt; illustrated mainly with good photomicro- 

 graphs; extensive bibliography. 



Dissertations 



41. 



J.P.DURAND, 1971. RECHERCHES SUR L'APPAREIL VISUEL DU PROTEE, 



PROTEUS ANGUINUS LAURENTI , URODELE HYPOGE 



Ph,D, thesis, Toulouse. Ann.Speleol. vol.26, nr.3. 330 pp., 38 



figs, , 12 pis. 



Very detailed study carried out in the "Laboratoire Souterrain 

 du C,N,R.S,"; extensive description of embryonic and postembryo- 

 nic eye development and regression; correlation with other de- 

 veloping sense organs and with , cephalic anatomy; experiments on 

 lens induction; regeneration of eye and lens; xenoplastic eye 

 transplantation; influence of light and thyroxine; extensive 

 literature discussions; Illustrated with line drawings, photo- 

 and electron micrographs. 



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