The human nervous system

This long-awaited update of the classic, The Human Nervous System, stands as an impressive survey of our knowledge of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system. The book has been completely redone and brought up-to-date. An impressive and respected cast of international authors have contributed 37 chapters on topics ranging from Brain Evolution, all phases of Brain Development, to all areas of the adult brain and peripheral pathways, along with careful descriptions of the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system, brainstem and cerebellum. The Human Nervous System, Second Edition will again serve as the gold standard, providing a one-stop source of up-to-date information about our knowledge of the human nervous system. This second edition of the standard reference on the human nervous system is extensively and completely revised and updated from the 1990 first edition. Written by the leading researchers, many chapters have been completely rewritten, new chapters have been added. A new section on Evolution and Development provides a broader perspective, and all chapters include references and perspectives to neurological disease.

Previous edition: 1990.

Errata slip tipped in.

Section I: Evolution and Development -- Section II: Peripheral Nervous System and Spinal Cord -- Section III: Brainstem and Cerebellum -- Section IV: Diencephalon, Basal Ganglia and Amygdala -- Section V: Cortex; Section IV: Systems.

I. Evolution and development. Brain evolution / George F. Striedter -- Embryonic development of the central nervous system / Fabiola Müller and Ronan O'Rahilly --Fetal development of the central nervous system / Jürgen K. Mai and Ken W.S. Ashwell -- Development of the peripheral nervous system / Ken W.S. Ashwell and Phil M.E. Waite -- II. Peripheral nervous system and spinal cord. Peripheral motor system / Simon C. Gandevia and David Burke -- Peripheral autonomic pathways / Ian Gibbins -- Spinal cord: cyto- and chemoarchitecture / Jean Schoenen and Richard L.M. Faull -- Spinal cord: connections / Jean Schoenen and Gunnar Grant -- Spinal cord in relation to the peripheral nervous system / Thomas Carlstedt, Staffan Cullheim and Mårten Risling -- Organization of human brain stem nuclei / Yuri Koutcherov [and others] -- Cerebellum and precerebellar nuclei / Jan Voogd -- Periaqueductal gray / Pascal Carrive and Michael M. Morgan -- Raphe Nuclei / Jean-Pie…