Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

O'Rahilly, Ronan.

Publication

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Liss, [2006], ©2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

Müller, Fabiola.

Description

ix, 358 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Subject

• Brain > Differentiation > Atlases
• Brain > Growth > Atlases
• Brain > embryology
• Embryonic Development

Genre/Form

Atlas.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-330) and index.

Contents

1. Historical aspects -- 2. Techniques -- 3. Prenatal measurements -- 4. Embryonic staging -- 5. Prenatal age -- 6. Terminology -- 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 bulbs and the first amygdaloid nuclei -- 18. Stage 18 : the future corpus striatum, the inferior cerebellar peduncles, 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 bulbs -- 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 -- App. 1. Changing lengths of the brain and its subdivisions from 3 1/2 to 5 1/2 weeks (stages 9-16) -- App. 2. Computer ranking of the sequence of appearance of features of the brain -- App. 3. Sequence and stage of appearance of median features of the brain -- App. 4. Sequence and stage of appearance of tracts of the brain -- App. 5. Sequence and stage of appearance of features associated with the rhombencephalon.

ISBN

• 0471694622 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780471694625 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780471694625 (cloth) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2005057462

OCLC

• ocm62132771
• 62132771
• SCSB-5325992

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries