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.

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Previous ed.: 1990.

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Front Cover; The Human Nervous System; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; SECTION 1: EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT; Chapter 1. Brain Evolution; Historical Pattern of Vertebrate Brain Evolution; Developmental Mechanisms Underlying Brain Evolution; Evolution of Uniquely Human Brains; Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. Embryonic Development of the Central Nervous System; Developmental Stages and Ages; Areas with Special Inductive Influence; Neurulation; Neurocytogenesis; Development of the Neural Plate and Groove; The Brain from 4 to 6 Postfertilizational Weeks

Some Individual Regions of the BrainVentricles, Choroid Plexuses, and Circumventricular Organs; The Cerebral Arteries; Measurements; Summary; References; Chapter 3. Fetal Development of the Central Nervous System; Cerebral cortex; Deep Telencephalic Nuclei; Diencephalon; Midbrain; Cerebellum and Precerebellar Nuclei; Pons and Medulla; Spinal Cord; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 4. Development of the Peripheral Nervous System; Cranial Nerves; Somatic Peripheral Nervous System; Automatic and Enteric Nervous System; References; SECTION II: PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SPINAL CORD

Chapter 5. Peripheral Motor Sys…