Research Catalog

Title

Comparative vertebrate neuroanatomy : evolution and adaptation / Ann B. Butler, William Hodos.

Author

Butler, Ann B.

Publication

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

Hodos, William.

Description

xxi, 715 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

"The Second Edition of this landmark text presents a broad survey of comparative vertebrate neuroanatomy at the introductory level, representing a unique contribution to the field of evolutionary neurobiology. It has been extensively revised and updated, with substantially improved figures and diagrams that are used generously throughout the text. Through analysis of the variation in brain structure and function between major groups of vertebrates, readers can gain insight into the evolutionary history of the nervous system." "Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy is geared to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in neuroanatomy, but anyone interested in the anatomy of the nervous system and how it corresponds to the way that animals function in the world will find this text fascinating."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Vertebrate neuroanatomy

Subjects

• Central Nervous System > anatomy & histology
• Biological Evolution
• Adaptation, Biological
• Anatomy, Comparative
• Nervous system > Evolution
• Nervous system > Adaptation
• Vertebrates > anatomy & histology
• Vertebrates > Anatomy
• Neuroanatomy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Evolution and variation -- 2. Neurons and sensory receptors -- 3. The vertebrate central nervous system -- 4. Vertebrate phylogeny and diversity in brain organization -- 5. Evolution and adaptation of the brain, behavior, and intelligence -- 6. Theories of brain evolution -- 7. Overview of spinal cord and hindbrain -- 8. The spinal cord -- 9. Segmental organization of the head, brain, and cranial nerves -- 10. Functional organization of the cranial nerves -- 11. Sensory cranial nerves of the brainstem -- 12. Motor cranial nerves -- 13. The reticular formation -- 14. The cerebellum -- 15. Overview of the midbrain -- 16. Isthmus -- 17. Tegmentum and tori -- 18. Optic tectum -- 19. Overview of the forebrain -- 20. Pretectum, accessory optic system, and migrated posterior tuberculum -- 21. Epithalamus -- 22. Dorsal thalamus -- 23. The visceral brain : the hypothalamus and the autonomic nervous system -- 24. Basal telencephalon -- 25. Nonlimbic pallium -- 26. Visual forebrain in amniotes -- 27. Somatosensory and motor forebrain in amniotes -- 28. Auditory and vocal forebrain in amniotes -- 29. Terminal nerve and olfactory forebrain -- 30. Limbic telencephalon -- 31. Evolution of brains : a Bilaterian view.

ISBN

0471210056

LCCN

2005282020

OCLC

• ocm61758097
• SCSB-5205037

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries