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Science Neuroscience

Emergent Brain Dynamics

Prebirth to Adolescence

edited by April A. Benasich & Urs Ribary

Publisher
MIT Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2018
Category
Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780262038638
    Publish Date
    Jul 2018
    List Price
    $66.00

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Experts explore the maturation of nonlinear brain dynamics from a developmental perspective and consider the relationship of neurodevelopmental disorders to early disruption in dynamic coordination.

This volume in the Strüngmann Forum Reports series explores the complex mechanisms that accompany the dynamic processes by which the brain evolves and matures. Integrating perspectives from multiple disciplines, the book identifies knowledge gaps and proposes innovative ways forward for this emerging area of cross-disciplinary study. The contributors examine maturation of nonlinear brain dynamics across systems from a developmental perspective and relate these organizing networks to the establishment of normative cognition and pathology seen in many neurodevelopmental disorders.

The book looks at key mechanistic questions, including: What role does dynamic coordination play in the establishment and maintenance of brain networks and structural and functional connectivity? How are local and global functional networks assembled and transformed over normative development? To what degree do oscillatory patterns vary across development? What is the impact of critical periods, and which factors initiate and terminate such periods? It also explores the potential of new technologies and techniques to enhance understanding of normative development and to enable early identification and remediation of neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders that may result from early disruption in dynamic coordination.

Contributors
Sylvain Baillet, Yehezkel Ben-Ari, April A. Benasich, Olivier Bertrand, Gyorgy Buzsáki, Alain Chédotal, Sam M. Doesburg, Gordin Fishell, Adriana Galván, Jennifer N. Gelinas, Jay Giedd, Pierre Gressens, Ileana L. Hanganu-Opatz, Rowshanak Hashemiyoon, Takao K. Hensch, Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Mark Hübener, Mark, Matthias Kaschube, Michael S. Kobor, Bryan Kolb, Thorsten Kolling, Jean-Philippe Lachaux, Ulman Lindenberger, Heiko J. Luhmann, Hannah Monyer, Sarah R. Moore, Charles A. Nelson III, Tomá Paus, Patrick L. Purdon, Pasko Rakic, Urs Ribary, Akira Sawa, Terrence J. Sejnowski, Wolf Singer, Cheryl L. Sisk, Nicholas C. Spitzer, Michael P. Stryker, Migranka Sur, Peter J. Uhlhaas

About the authors

April A. Benasich is Elizabeth H. Solomon Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of the Infancy Studies Laboratory at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University–Newark, where she is also Director of the Carter Center for Neurocognitive Research.

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Urs Ribary is Endowed BC LEEF Leadership Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience, Director of the Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Institute (BCNI), and Professor in Psychology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

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