Critical periods of vulnerability for the developing nervous system: evidence from humans and animal models.

D Rice, S Barone Jr - Environmental health perspectives, 2000 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Vulnerable periods during the development of the nervous system are sensitive to
environmental insults because they are dependent on the temporal and regional emergence
of critical developmental processes (ie, proliferation, migration, differentiation,
synaptogenesis, myelination, and apoptosis). Evidence from numerous sources
demonstrates that neural development extends from the embryonic period through
adolescence. In general, the sequence of events is comparable among species, although …