Foundations of Neural Development S. Marc Breedlove

Sources of Neural Development S. Marc Breedlove

1. ISBN-10

   1605355798

2. ISBN-13

   978-1605355795

   Sources of Neural Development is an educational book with a conversational writing style and topics relevant for an undergraduate audience. Each chapter commences with a provocative vignette or a “real-life narrative” that the subsequent content elucidates. The “Investigators at Work” feature, available in every chapter, elucidates a classic study in detail, guiding the reader through the hypothesis, experiment, result, and conclusion of an investigation. A marginal glossary, review inquiries, and bulleted recap are a few of the other characteristics in the book. Chapters 1-7 unfold in the sequence of ontogeny, addressing induction, the establishment of a body plan, neural migration, differentiation, axonal pathfinding, synapse formation, and apoptosis. Chapters 8-10 discuss activity-guided, experience-guided, and socially guided neural development—mechanisms that were critical for the evolution of the human brain. Dynamic and compelling, with top-notch illustrations, Sources of Neural
   Development is the ideal book to assist any undergraduate student comprehend how a single microscopic cell, a human zygote, can transform into the most intricate machine on earth, the brain.

   For the Student

   Companion Website

   The Sources of Neural Development Companion Website incorporates various media and review resources to help students grasp the material presented in each chapter of the textbook and to visualize some of the key processes discussed. The site includes the following resources:

   * Chapter outlines
   * Chapter summaries
   * Animations: Detailed animations that cover some of the key processes presented in the textbook.
   * Videos: Links to intriguing videos that demonstrate the processes and concepts of neural development.
   * Flashcards: An easy method for students to learn and review the key terms introduced in each chapter.
   * Glossary
   * News Feed: A continuously updated feed of links to science news articles pertinent to neural development.

   For Instructors (accessible to qualified adopters)

   Teacher’s Resource Library

   The Sources of Neural Development Teacher’s Resource Library (accessible to qualified adopters) encompasses a selection of resources to support you in the development of your course and the evaluation of your students. The IRL encompasses the following.

   * Textbook Figures & Tables: All of the figures (including images) and tables from the textbook are presented as JPEGs, all optimized for use in presentations. Complex figures are provided in both complete and split versions.

   * PowerPoint Presentations: A PowerPoint presentation containing all figures and tables, with titles and full captions, is available for each chapter.

   * Videos: A collection of engaging segments from BBC programs that illustrate crucial concepts from the textbook.

   * Test Bank: The Test Bank comprises a range of questions covering key facts and concepts in each chapter. Multiple-choice and short-answer questions are included, and all questions are classified according to Bloom’s Taxonomy and referenced to specific textbook sections.

   * Automated Test Bank: The Test Bank is provided in Blackboard’s Diploma format (software included). Diploma simplifies the creation of quizzes and exams from any combination of publisher-provided questions and instructor-created questions. Moreover, quizzes and exams can be exported for importing into various course management systems, such as Blackboard and Moodle.

   * Course Management System Support: The Test Bank is also available in Blackboard format, for easy integration into campus Blackboard systems. Furthermore, using the Automated Test Bank, instructors can effortlessly generate and export quizzes and exams (or the entire test bank) for integration into other course management systems, including Moodle, Canvas, and Desire2Learn/Brightspace.