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The Rat Nervous System

This third edition of the standard reference on the nervous system of the rat is a complete and updated revision of the 1994 second edition. All chapters have been extensively… Read more

Description

This third edition of the standard reference on the nervous system of the rat is a complete and updated revision of the 1994 second edition. All chapters have been extensively updated, and new chapters added covering early segmentation, growth factors, and glia. The book is now aligned with the data available in the Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, making it an excellent companion to this bestselling atlas. Physiological data, functional concepts, and correlates to human anatomy and function round out the new edition.

Key features

  • Designed to be used in conjunction with the bestselling Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates
  • New to this edition is inclusion of physiological data, functional concepts, and correlates to human anatomy and function in each chapter
  • Contains new chapters on early segmentation of the central nervous system, growth factors and glia

Readership

Graduate students, post docs, and academic clinicians in neuroscience, cell biology, physiology, cognitive physiology and developmental biology.

Table of contents

DevelopmentPeripheral Nervous System & Spinal CordBrainstem & CerebellumDiencephalon, Basal Ganglia, Amygdala and SeptumCortexSystemsNeurotransmitters

Product details

About the editor

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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

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