The placenta and neurodisability
By: edited by Philip Baker and Colin Sibley.
Contributors: Baker, Philip, 1962-; Sibley, Colin.
Series: Clinics in developmental medicine -- no. 169
Publisher: Mac Keith Press; Distributed by Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Placenta -- Diseases; Placenta; Schizophrenia -- Etiology; Nervous system -- Abnormalities; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Etiology; Fetal growth disorders; Nervous System Diseases -- etiology; Placenta -- physiopathology; Fetal Development; Nervous System Malformations -- etiology; Schizophrenia -- etiology; Infant; Child
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The placenta and neurological outcome in the child / Karin Nelson; title: Deficient trophoblast invasion, placental and fetal compromise / Fiona Lyall; title: The materno-fetal inflammatory response / Mark Turner; title: Cytokines, growth factors, placental insufficiency and infection / Ian Crocker; title: Placental lesions and neurological outcome / Raymond Redline; title: Placental pathology, intrauterine growth restriction, and subsequent child development / Paul Eunson; title: MDR-1 P-glycoprotein in the placenta: a protective role in neurodevelopment? / Diane Atkinson and Colin Sibley; title: In utero imaging of the placenta / Penny Gowland; title: Animal models of fetal growth restriction and cerebral compromise / Donald Peebles; title: Placental programming leading to mental ill-health: fetal growth and schizophrenia / Kathryn Abel and Matthew Allin; title: Conclusions-the placenta and neurodisability / Stephen D'Souza.