Research Catalog

Title

The embryonic human brain : an atlas of developmental stages / Ronan O'Rahilly, Fabiola Müller.

Author

O'Rahilly, Ronan.

Publication

New York : Wiley-Liss, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

Müller, Fabiola.

Description

x, 454 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subjects

• Brain > Differentiation > Atlases
• Atlas
• Brain > Growth > Atlases
• Brain > embryology
• Brain > growth & development

Genre/Form

Atlas.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-439) and index.

Contents

• 1. Historical Aspects -- 2. Techniques -- 3. Prenatal Measurements -- 4. Embryonic Staging -- 5. Prenatal Age -- 6. Terminology and Definitions -- 7. Early Stages -- 8. Stage 8: The First Appearance of the Nervous System -- 9. Stage 9: The Major Divisions of the Brain -- 10. Stage 10: The Neural Tube and the Optic Primordium -- 11. Stage 11: Closure of the Rostral Neuropore -- 12. Stage 12: Closure of the Caudal Neuropore and the Beginning of Secondary Neurulation -- 13. Stage 13: The Closed Neural Tube and the First Appearance of the Cerebellum -- 14. Stage 14: The Future Cerebral Hemispheres -- 15. Stage 15: Longitudinal Zoning in the Diencephalon -- 16. Stage 16: Evagination of the Neurohypophysis -- 17. Stage 17: The Future Olfactory Bulb and the First Amygdaloid Nuclei -- 18. Stage 18: The Future Corpus Striatum, the Inferior Cerebellar Peduncle, and the Dentate Nucleus --
• 19. Stage 19: The Choroid Plexus of the Fourth Ventricle and the Medial Accessory Olivary Nucleus -- 20. Stage 20: The Choroid Plexus of the Lateral Ventricles, the Optic and Habenular Commissures, and the Interpeduncular and Septal Nuclei -- 21. Stage 21: The First Appearance of the Cortical Plate in the Cerebral Hemispheres -- 22. Stage 22: The Internal Capsule and the Olfactory Tract -- 23. Stage 23: The Brain at the End of the Embryonic Period -- 24. Trimester 1, Postembryonic Phase -- 25. Trimester 2 -- 26. Trimester 3 and the Newborn -- 27. Early Postnatal Life -- App. 1. Computer Ranking of the Sequence of Appearance of Features of the Brain -- App. 2. Sequence and Stage of Appearance of Median Features of the Brain -- App. 3. Sequence and Stage of Appearance of Tracts of the Brain -- App. 4. Sequence and Stage of Appearance of Features Associated with the Rhombencephalon.

ISBN

0471254509 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

98042193

OCLC

ocm39764063

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries