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The development of the body can be studied more easily than that of the central nervous system. In studying somatic growth it is usually possible to make either repeated observations on the same subjects (longitudinal study) or single observations on each one of a large number of individuals at each age (cross-sectional study). Many of the techniques used to investigate the central nervous system require destruction or injury of the subject and therefore permit only cross-sectional studies. The two methods of approach do not yield the same information and it is important that the distinction between them should be clearly understood.
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Marshall, W.A. (1971). Somatic Development and the Study of the Central Nervous System. In: Stoelinga, G.B.A., Van Der Werff Ten Bosch, J.J. (eds) Normal and Abnormal Development of Brain and Behaviour. Boerhaave Series for Postgraduate Medical Education, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2921-6_1
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