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The functional brain is the result of several prenatal embryo-fetal and postnatal developmental changes taking place under well-established hierarchic control by genetic rules, and receives substantial contribution and modifications by epigenetic factors.
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Della Giustina, E. (2020). Neurologic Development and Objective Neurological Examination of the Infant and the Child. In: Di Rocco, C., Pang, D., Rutka, J. (eds) Textbook of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72168-2_2
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