Comparative vertebrate neuroanatomy : evolution and adaptation /
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| Author / Creator: | Butler, Ann B. author |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2005. |
| Description: | xxi, 715 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5779980 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of Boxes
- Part 1. Evolution And The Organization Of The Central Nervous System
- 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
- Part 2. The Spnial Cord And Hindbrain
- 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 of the Brainstem
- 12. Motor Cranial Nerves
- 13. The Reticular Formation
- 14. The Cerebellum
- Part 3. The Midbrain
- 15. Overview of the Midbrain
- 16. Isthmus
- 17. Tegmentum and Tori
- 18. Optic Tectum
- Part Four. The Forebrain: Diencephalon
- 19. Overview of the Forebrain
- 20. Pretectum. Accessory Optic System, and Migrated Posterior Tuberculum
- 21. Epithalamus
- 22. Dorsal Thalamus
- 23. The Visceral Brain: The Hypothalamus and the Autonomic Nervous System
- Part Five. The Forebrain: Telencephalon
- 24. Basal Telencephalon
- 25. Nonlimbic Pallium
- 26. Visual Forebrain in Amniotes
- 27. Somatosensory and Motor Forebrain in Amniotes
- 28. Auditory and Vocal Forebrain Amniotes
- 29. Terminal Nerve and Olfactory Forebrain
- 30. Limbic Telencephalon
- Part Six. Conclusion
- 31. Evolution of Brains: A Bilaterian View
- Appendix: Terms Used in Neuroanatomy
- Glossary
- Index
