Comprehensive Survey of the Field of Comparative Neuroanatomy

May 13, 2008 4:00 AM EDT

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/310576) has announced the addition of "Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy: Evolution and Adaptation, 2nd Edition" to their offering.

This unique reference provides the only comprehensive survey of the field of comparative neuroanatomy, with an authoritative account of the evolution of vertebrate brains. The authors have achieved unparalleled breadth of coverage. This book sets forth a modern conceptual framework for understanding this topic and in doing so constitutes a landmark contribution to the field of evolutionary neurobiology. It offers a revolutionary conceptual analysis of the evolution and development in the nervous system. This new edition will incorporate the vast amount of new research findings revealed since publication of the original work.

Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy: Evolution and Adaptation, Second Edition Ann B. Butler and William Hodos. 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. The text is divided into three sections: Introduction to evolution and variation, including a survey of cell structure, embryological development, and anatomical organization of the central nervous system; phylogeny and diversity of brain structures; and an overview of various theories of brain evolution. Systematic, comprehensive survey of comparative neuroanatomy across all major groups of vertebrates. Overview of vertebrate brain evolution, which integrates the complete text, highlights diversity and common themes, broadens perspective by a comparison with brain structure and evolution of invertebrate brains, and considers recent data and theories of the evolutionary origin of the brain in the earliest vertebrates, including a recently proposed model of the origin of the brain in the earliest vertebrates that has received strong support from newly discovered fossil evidence. Ample material drawn from the latest research has been integrated into the text and highlighted in special feature boxes, including recent views on homology, cranial nerve organization and evolution, the relatively large and elaborate brains of birds in correlation with their complex cognitive abilities, and the current debate on forebrain evolution across reptiles, birds, and mammals. 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.

    Key Topics:

    --  Evolution and Variation.

    --  Neurons and Sensory Receptors.

    --  The Vertebrate Central Nervous System.

    --  Vertebrate Phylogeny and Diversity in Brain Organization.

    --  Evolution and Adaptation of the Brain, Behavior, and
        Intelligence.

    --  Theories of Brain Evolution.

    --  Overview of Spinal Cord and Hindbrain.

    --  The Spinal Cord.

    --  Segmental Organization of the Head, Brain, and Cranial Nerves.

    --  Functional Organization of the Cranial Nerves.

    --  Sensory Cranial Nerves of the Brainstem.

    --  Motor Cranial Nerves.

    --  The Reticular Formation.

    --  The Cerebellum.

    --  Overview of the Midbrain.

    --  Isthmus.

    --  Tegmentum and Tori.

    --  Optic Tectum.

    --  Overview of the Forebrain.

    --  Pretectum. Accessory Optic System, and Migrated Posterior
        Tuberculum.

    --  Epithalamus.

    --  Dorsal Thalamus.

    --  The Visceral Brain: The Hypothalamus and the Autonomic Nervous
        System.

    --  Basal Telencephalon.

    --  Nonlimbic Pallium.

    --  Visual Forebrain in Amniotes.

    --  Somatosensory and Motor Forebrain in Amniotes.

    --  Auditory and Vocal Forebrain Amniotes.

    --  Terminal Nerve and Olfactory Forebrain.

    --  Limbic Telencephalon.

    --  Evolution of Brains: A Bilaterian View.

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