PSY290H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Frontal Lobe, Monocular Deprivation, Dentate Gyrus
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3 ideas of neuro development: the amazing nature of neurodevelopment, the important role of experience in neurodevelopment, the dire consequences of neurodevelopmental errors. Two devastating disorders: autism and williams disorder. Started with a zygote, the cell that"s formed by amalgamation of an ovum and a sperm. 5 phases of neuro-development: induction of the neural plate, neural proliferation, migration and aggression, axon growth and synapse formation, neuron death and synapse rearrangement. Neuro plate: a small patch of ectodermal tissue on the dorsal surface of the developing embryo. The development of the neural plate is the first major stage of neurodevelopment in all vertebrates. Mesoderm layer: an area that is consequently referred to as an organizer, which seems to induce the development of the neural plate by chemical signals. Totipotent: the earliest cells of the human embryo which have the ability to develop into any type of cell in the body.