| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 358 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Preface to the third edition -- 1. Historical aspects -- 2. Techniques -- 3. Prenatal measurements -- 4. Embryonic staging -- 5. Prenatal age -- 6. Terminology -- 7. Early stages -- 8. Stage 8: The first appearance of the nervous system -- 9. Stage 9: The major divisions of the brain -- 10. Stage 10: The neural tube and the optic primordium -- 11. Stage 11: Closure of the rostral neuropore -- 12. Stage 12: Closure of the caudal neuropore and the beginning of secondary neurulation -- 13. Stage 13: The closed neural tube and the first appearance of the cerebellum -- 14. Stage 14: The future cerebral hemispheres -- 15. Stage 15: Longitudinal zoning in the diencephalon -- 16. Stage 16: Evagination of the neurohypophysis -- 17. Stage 17: The future olfactory bulbs and the first amygdaloid nuclei -- 18. Stage 18: The future corpus striatum, the inferior cerebellar peduncles, and the dentate nucleus -- 19. Stage 19: The choroid plexus of the fourth ventricle and the medical accessory olivary nucleus -- 20. Stage 20: The choroid plexus of the lateral ventricles, the optic and habenular commissures, and the interpeduncular and septal nuclei -- 21. Stage 21: The first appearance of the cortical plate in the cerebral hemispheres -- 22. Stage 22. The internal capsule and the olfactory bulbs -- 23. Stage 23. The brain at the end of the embryonic period -- 24. Trimester 1, Postembryonic phase; Early postembryonic phase; Later postembryonic phase -- 25. Trimester 2 -- 26. Trimester 3 and the newborn; Supplement: Early postnatal life -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1. Changing lengths of the brain and its subdivisions from 3 1/2 to 5 1/2 weeks (stages 9-16) -- Appendix 2. Computer ranking of the sequence of appearance of features of the brain -- Appendix 3. Sequence and stage of appearance of median features of the brain -- Appendix 4. Sequence and stage of appearance of tracts of the brain -- Appendix 5. Sequence and stage of appearance of features associated with the rhombencephalon -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-330) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Brain -- embryology.
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Embryonic Development.
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Brain -- Differentiation -- Atlases.
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Brain -- Growth -- Atlases.
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| Genre/Form |
Atlas.
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Scientific atlases.
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Atlases.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Müller, Fabiola.
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Wiley InterScience (Online service)
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| ISBN |
0471973076 (electronic bk.) |
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0471973084 |
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9780471973072 (electronic bk.) |
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9780471973089 |
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(cloth ; alk. paper) |
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(cloth ; alk. paper) |
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