Book contents
- Perinatal Neuropathology
- Perinatal Neuropathology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Section I Techniques and Practical Considerations
- Section 2 Human Nervous System Development
- Neuroanatomic Site Development
- Chapter 19 Human Nervous System Development: Embryonic and Early Fetal Events
- Chapter 20 Cerebral Cortex, Including Germinal Matrix
- Chapter 21 White Matter, Including Myelination
- Chapter 22 Cerebellum: Development of the Rhombic Lip, Cerebellar Cortex, Dentate Nucleus
- Chapter 23 Spinal Cord
- Chapter 24 Skeletal Muscle and Peripheral Nerve
- Chapter 25 Fetal and Infant Eye
- Growth Parameters
- Section 3 Stillbirth
- Section 4 Disruptions / Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury
- Section 5 Malformations
- Section 6 Perinatal Neurooncology
- Section 7 Spinal and Neuromuscular Disorders
- Section 8 Eye Disorders
- Section 9 Infections: In Utero Infections
- Section 10 Metabolic / Toxic Disorders: Storage Diseases
- Section 11 Forensic Neuropathology
- Appendix 1 Technical Considerations in Perinatal CNS
- Index
- References
Chapter 19 - Human Nervous System Development: Embryonic and Early Fetal Events
from Neuroanatomic Site Development
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2021
- Perinatal Neuropathology
- Perinatal Neuropathology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Section I Techniques and Practical Considerations
- Section 2 Human Nervous System Development
- Neuroanatomic Site Development
- Chapter 19 Human Nervous System Development: Embryonic and Early Fetal Events
- Chapter 20 Cerebral Cortex, Including Germinal Matrix
- Chapter 21 White Matter, Including Myelination
- Chapter 22 Cerebellum: Development of the Rhombic Lip, Cerebellar Cortex, Dentate Nucleus
- Chapter 23 Spinal Cord
- Chapter 24 Skeletal Muscle and Peripheral Nerve
- Chapter 25 Fetal and Infant Eye
- Growth Parameters
- Section 3 Stillbirth
- Section 4 Disruptions / Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury
- Section 5 Malformations
- Section 6 Perinatal Neurooncology
- Section 7 Spinal and Neuromuscular Disorders
- Section 8 Eye Disorders
- Section 9 Infections: In Utero Infections
- Section 10 Metabolic / Toxic Disorders: Storage Diseases
- Section 11 Forensic Neuropathology
- Appendix 1 Technical Considerations in Perinatal CNS
- Index
- References
Summary
In human pregnancy, the developing individual is considered to be an embryo until the end of the eighth week after fertilization of the ovum. After this time the individual is referred to as a fetus. Gestational age refers to the interval between the first day of the mother’s last menstrual cycle and the current date (e.g., the date of a sonogram or delivery). Gestational age is therefore post-fertilization age plus 2 weeks. A detailed consideration of human neuroembryology is beyond the scope of this book. The reader is referred to the many publications of O’Rahilly and Muller, including their masterful textbook (1).
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- Perinatal Neuropathology , pp. 81 - 87Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021