Developmental Brain Maps: Structure of the Embryonic Rat Brain

This book is a companion to the atlas of the adult rat brain (Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain from 1992, record number 6773), using a consistent approach to nomenclature and graphical representation. The two goals of the approach used for this book, are to clarify the basic structural plan of the mammalian brain, and to generate computer graphics maps for summarising related information, using the rat as a particular model. Included is also a discussion of how similar the development of rat and mouse brains may be, and thus how useful the maps may be as a guide to mouse brain development. The heart of the book is the atlases of the brain at progessive stages ofembryogenesis. Nine representative ages are used, from the simple neural plate stage, to a time just before birth. At each stage, enough levels are presented to illustrate the major known structural features, with additional supporting planes and photomicrographs.

First Edition. 160 pages. Hardcover. Published by Elsevier Science. Download as PDF. Also available from Amazon.

ISBN: 0-444-81903-7