| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 699 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
1. Getting ready for a brain structure primer -- 2. Methods for mapping pathways and interconnections that enable the integrative activity of the CNS -- 3. Evolution of multicellular organisms with neuron-based coordination -- 4. Expansions of the neuronal apparatus of success -- 5. The ancestors of mammals : sketch of a pre-mammalian brain -- 6. Some specializations involving head receptors and brain expansions -- 7. The components of the forebrain including the specialty of the mammals : the neocortex -- 8. The neural tube forms in the embryo, and CNS development begins -- 9. The lower levels of background support : spinal cord and the innervation of the viscera -- Intermission : The ventricular system, the meninges, and the glial cells -- 10. Hindbrain organization, specializations, and distortions -- 11. Why a midbrain? : notes on evolution, structure, and functions -- 12. Picturing the forebrain with a focus on mammals -- 13. Growth of the great networks of nervous systems -- 14. Overview of motor system structure -- 15. Descending pathways and evolution -- 16. The temporal patterns of movements -- 17. Widespread changes in brain state -- 18. Taste -- 19. Olfaction -- 20. Visual systems : origins and functions -- 21. Visual systems : the retinal projections -- 22. The visual endbrain structures -- 23. Auditory systems -- 24. Forebrain origins : from primitive appendage to modern dominance -- 25. Regulating the internal milieu and the basic instincts -- 26. Core pathways of the limbic system, with memory for meaningful places -- 27. Hormones and the shaping of brain structures -- 28. The medial pallium becomes the hippocampus -- 29. The limbic striatum and its outpost in the temporal lobe -- 30. The major subpallial structure of the endbrain -- 31. Lost dopamine axons : consequences and remedies -- Intermission : Neurogenesis in mature brains -- 32. Structural origins of object cognition, place cognition, dexterity, and planning -- 33. Basic neocortal organization : cells, modules, and connections -- 34. Structural change in development and in maturity |
| Summary |
An introduction to the brain's anatomical organization and functions with explanations in terms of evolutionary adaptations and development |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Brain.
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Brain -- Evolution.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Brain -- anatomy & histology
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Brain -- physiology
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Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
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Biological Evolution
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Brain
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brains.
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evolution.
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MEDICAL -- Physiology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Brain
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Brain -- Evolution
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780262321662 |
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0262321661 |
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9780262321679 |
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026232167X |
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