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Paxinos and Franklin's the Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, Compact

The Coronal Plates and Diagrams

  • 5th Edition - May 19, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Keith B.J. Franklin, George Paxinos
  • Language: English

Paxinos and Franklin's The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, Compact Fifth Edition, is the compact version of the most widely used and cited atlas of the mouse brain in… Read more

Description

Paxinos and Franklin's The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, Compact Fifth Edition, is the compact version of the most widely used and cited atlas of the mouse brain in print. It emulates in design and accuracy Paxinos and Watson’s The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, the most cited publication in neuroscience. The compact edition provides the coronal plates and diagrams of the full mouse atlas in a smaller, more convenient spiral format and at a student friendly price. High resolution digital photographs of the coronal plane of section from the full 5th edition complement the coronal drawings. Unique to the compact, it includes an introduction to the use of the atlas in stereotaxic surgery.

Key features

  • Contains 100 coronal diagrams that were fully revised for this new edition
  • Includes 100 coronal photographic plates produced from directly scanned, very high-resolution images of the biological sections (done at the Allen Institute)
  • Provides a beginner's guide with 25 pages on conducting stereotaxic surgery and how to use the atlas
  • Presents surface views of the brain with labels over the major structures
  • Uses the best ontology tree (nomenclature based on the development of the brain) with universal applications across mammals

Readership

Standard neuroanatomy lab atlas for all labs doing neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, behavioral neuroscience, or molecular expression/cloning/neurogenetics in the mouse brain

Table of contents

Features of the compact 5th edition
Introduction

1. Methods

2. Photography and drawings

3. Stereotaxic reference system

4. Nomenclature and the construction of abbreviations

5. The basis of delineation of structures

6. Neuromeric subdivisions of the mouse brain
References
Mini Atlas
List of structures
Figures
Index of abbreviations

Product details

  • Edition: 5
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 23, 2019
  • Language: English

About the authors

KF

Keith B.J. Franklin

Dr. Franklin is Professor Emeritus at McGill University in the Department of Psychology. He is interested in neural mechanisms of motivation, particularly the role of specific neurotransmitter systems. His research uses pharmacological and molecular biological methods to study the role of monoamines, opiate peptides and neurosteroids in pain, memory and drug dependence.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus at McGill University in the Department of Psychology

GP

George Paxinos

George Paxinos has written 62 books on the brain of humans, monkeys, rodents and birds. His first atlas, The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, is the most cited neuroscience publication. His Atlas of the Human Brain received The Award for Excellence in Publishing in Medical Science (Assoc American Publishers, 1997) and The British Medical Association Illustrated Book Award (2016). His eco-fiction book A River Divided (georgepaxinos.com.au) considers the question of whether the brain in the Goldilocks Zone - the right “size” for survival.

Affiliations and expertise
NHMRC Senior Principal, NeuRA, Australia