Proceedings of a NATO ARW held in Alagna, Italy, August 26-31, 1989

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Proceedings of a NATO ARW held in Alagna, Italy, August 26-31, 1989

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Evolutionary and Developmental Syntheses.- Fossil Brains and the Evolution of the Neocortex.- Critical Cellular Events During Cortical Evolution: Radial Unit Hypothesis.- Control of Cell Number and Type in the Developing and Evolving Neocortex.- Pathways Between Development and Evolution.- to Sections 2 and 3.- Comparative Aspects of Forebrain Organization.- The Dorsal Ventricular Ridge and Cortex of Reptiles in Historical and Phylogenetic Perspective.- Multiple Origins of Neocortex: Contributions of the Dorsal Ventricular Ridge.- Aspects of Phylogenetic Variability of Neocortical Intrinsic Organization.- On the Coincidence of Loss of Electroreception and Reorganization of Brain Stem Nuclei in Vertebrates.- The Design of Striate Cortex.- Representation Geometries of Telencephalic Auditory Maps in Birds and Mammals.- Flying Cats and Flying Primates: Evolutionary Surprises From Neurobiology.- Emergence of Radial and Modular Units in Neocortex.- Neuroembryology of the Neocortex.- Ontogeny and Structure of the Radial Glial Fiber System of the Developing Murine Cerebrum.- Nonpyramidal Neurons in the Mammalian Hippocampus: Principles of Organization and Development.- Morphological Characterization of ALZ-50 Immunoreactive Cells in the Developing Neocortex of Kittens.- Guidance of Chick Retinal Axons in Vitro.- Cross-Modal Plasticity in Sensory Cortex.- Visual Responses on Neurons in Somatosensory Cortex of Hamsters With Experimentally Induced Retinal Projections to Somatosensory Thalamus.- Brain Maps: Development, Plasticity and Distribution of Signals Beyond.- The Possibility of Gaba-Ergic Innervation in Plasticity of Adult Cerebral Cortex.- Transient Receptor Expression in Visual Cortex Development and the Mechanisms of Cortical Plasticity.- Contributors.