The genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms of neural development are essential for understanding evolution and disorders of neural systems. Recent advances in genetic, molecular, and cell biological methods have generated a massive increase in new information, but there is a paucity of comprehensive and up-to-date syntheses, references, and historical perspectives on this important subject. The Comprehensive Developmental Neuroscience series is designed to fill this gap, offering the most thorough coverage of this field on the market today and addressing all aspects of how the nervous system and its components develop. Particular attention is paid to the effects of abnormal development and on new psychiatric/neurological treatments being developed based on our increased understanding of developmental mechanisms. Each volume in the series consists of review style articles that average 15-20pp and feature numerous illustrations and full references. Volume 3 offers 40 high level articles devoted mainly to anatomical and functional development of neural circuits and neural systems, as well as those that address neurodevelopmental disorders in humans and experimental organisms.

Table of Contents:
I: Circuit Development 1. The Form and Functions of Neural Circuits in the Olfactory Bulb G. Lepousez, P.-M. Lledo 2. Functional Circuit Development in the Auditory System D.B. Polley, A.H. Seidl, Y. Wang, J.T. Sanchez 3. Development of the Superior Colliculus/Optic Tectum B.E. Stein, T.R. Stanford 4. Multisensory Circuits A.J. King 5. Cerebellar Circuits M. Kano, M. Watanabe 6. Dendritic Spines D. Muller, I. Nikonenko 7. Cortical Columns Z. Molnár 8. Neonatal Cortical Rhythms R. Khazipov, M. Colonnese, M. Minlebaev 9. Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity D.E. Shulz, D.E. Feldman II: Cognitive Development 10. Introduction to Cognitive Development from a Neuroscience Perspective H. Tager-Flusberg 11. Theories in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience M.H. Johnson 12. Structural Brain Development: Birth Through Adolescence J.B. Colby, E.D. O'Hare, J.E. Bramen, E.R. Sowell 13. Statistical Learning Mechanisms in Infancy J. Lany, J.R. Saffran 14. Development of the Visual System S.P. Johnson 15. The Development of Visuospatial Processing J. Stiles, N. Akshoomoff, F. Haist 16. Memory Development P.J. Bauer 17. Early Development of Speech and Language: Cognitive, Behavioral, and Neural Systems H. Tager-Flusberg, A.M. Seery 18. The Neural Architecture and Developmental Course of Face Processing G. Righi, C.A. Nelson III 19. Developmental Neuroscience of Social Perception A. Voos, C. Cordeaux, J. Tirrell, K. Pelphrey 20. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience of Theory of Mind H. Gweon, R. Saxe 21. A Neuroscience Perspective on Empathy and Its Development J. Decety, K.J. Michalska 22. Developing Attention and Self-Regulation in Infancy and Childhood M.I. Posner, M.K. Rothbart, M.R. Rueda 23. The Neural Correlates of Cognitive Control and the Development of Social Behavior A. Lahat, N.A. Fox 24. Executive Function: Development, Individual Differences, and Clinical Insights C. Hughes 25. The Effects of Stress on Early Brain and Behavioral Development M.R. Gunnar, E.P. Davis 26. Sex Differences in Brain and Behavioral Development A.M. Beltz, J.E.O. Blakemore, S.A. Berenbaum III: Diseases 27. Neural-Tube Defects C. Pyrgaki, L. Niswander 28. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Targeted Effects of Ethanol on Cell Proliferation and Survival S.M. Mooney, P.J. Lein, M.W. Miller 29. Azetidine-2-Carboxylic Acid and Other Nonprotein Amino Acids in the Pathogenesis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders E. Rubenstein 30. Down Syndrome A.B. Bowman, K.C. Ess, K.K. Kumar, K.L. Summar 31. Lissencephalies and Axon Guidance Disorders E.H. Sherr, L. Fernandez 32. Developmental Disabilities, Autism, and Schizophrenia at a Single Locus: Complex Gene Regulation and Genomic Instability of 15q11–q13 Cause a Range of Neurodevelopmental Disorders N. Urraca, L.T. Reiter 33. Fragile X Clinical Features and Neurobiology M.J. Leigh, R.J. Hagerman 34. Autisms M. Persico 35. Neurodevelopmental Genomics of Autism, Schizophrenia, and Related Disorders J.F. Cubells, D. Moreno-De-Luca 36. Excitation–Inhibition Epilepsies A.X. Thomas, A.R. Brooks-Kayal 37. Sensory Organ Disorders (Retina, Auditory, Olfactory, Gustatory) D.C. Gillespie 38. The Developmental Neurobiology of Repetitive Behavior S.-J. Kim, M. Lewis, J. Veenstra-VanderWeele 39. Disorders of Cognitive Control B.J. Casey, N. Franklin, M.M. Cohen 40. Language Impairment R.H. Fitch Index