| Description |
xvii, 514 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
1. Evolution and Variation -- 2. Neurons and Sensory Receptors -- 3. The Vertebrate Central Nervous System -- 4. Vertebrate Phylogeny and Diversity in Brain Organization -- 5. Evolution and Adaptation of the Brain, Behavior, and Intelligence -- 6. Theories of Brain Evolution -- 7. Overview of Spinal Cord and Hindbrain -- 8. The Spinal Cord -- 9. Segmental Organization of the Head, Brain, and Cranial Nerves -- 10. Functional Organization of the Cranial Nerves -- 11. Sensory Cranial Nerves -- 12. Motor Cranial Nerves -- 13. The Reticular Formation -- 14. The Cerebellum -- 15. Overview of the Midbrain -- 16. Isthmus -- 17. Tegmentum and Tori -- 18. Optic Tectum -- 19. Overview of the Forebrain -- 20. Pretectum and Posterior Tuberculum -- 21. Epithalamus -- 22. Dorsal Thalamus -- 23. The Visceral Brain: The Hypothalamus and the Autonomic Nervous System -- 24. Striatum -- 25. Dorsal Pallium -- 26. Visual Forebrain in Amniotes -- 27. Somatosensory and Motor Forebrain in Amniotes |
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28. Auditory and Vocal Forebrain in Amniotes -- 29. Terminal Nerve and Olfactory Forebrain -- 30. Limbic Telencephalon -- 31. Evolution of the Brain in Vertebrates -- Appendix: Terms Used in Neuroanatomy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Acatomy, Comparative
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Anatomy, Comparative.
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Nervous system -- Adaptation.
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Nervous system -- Evolution.
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Neuroanatomy.
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Vertebrates -- Anatomy.
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| Author |
Hodos, William.
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| LC no. |
95049380 |
| ISBN |
0471888893 (alk. paper) |
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