Authors' appointments; Foreword Martin Bax; Preface Philip Baker and Colin Sibley; 1. The placenta and neurological outcome in the child Karin Nelson; 2. Deficient trophoblast invasion, placental and fetal compromise Fiona Lyall; 3. The materno-fetal inflammatory response Mark Turner; 4. Cytokines, growth factors, placental insufficiency and infection Ian Crocker; 5. Placental lesions and neurological outcome Raymond Redline; 6. Placental pathology, intrauterine growth restriction, and subsequent child development Paul Eunson; 7. Mdr-1 p-glycoprotein in the placenta: a protective role in neurodevelopment? Diane Atkinson and Colin Sibley; 8. In-utero imaging of the placenta Penny Gowland; 9. Animal models of fetal growth restriction and cerebral compromise Donald Peebles; 10. Placental programming leading to mental ill-health: fetal growth and schizophrenia Kathryn Abel and Matthew Allin; 11. Conclusions - the placenta and neurodisability Stephen D'Souza; Index.