Neurobiología del desarrollo temprano

Abstract

This paper describes the development of human nervous system from the embryonic and fetal phases to the first years of life, period called early developmental neurobiology. You can find the structural and functional aspects, the changes produced and the genetic and epigenetic factors that have influence in these changes. In the first part it is described the construction of the nervous system, the neural proliferation, organization and ripening, adding to the "classic" knowledge the new contributions of the genetics and the brain citoarchitecture. The paper also revises the recent concepts about the cerebral plasticity and the specialization in areas as the biological basis of learning.