Primate Brain Maps: Structure of The Macaque Brain (with CD-ROM)

A Laboratory Guide with Original Brain Sections, Printed Atlas and Electronic Templates for Data and Schematics (with CD-ROM). Primate Brain Maps is a major publication for the neurosciences. Features include: A history of primate brain atlases from Serres (1824) to Paxinos et al (1999), and a thorough survey of the 30 most comprehensive primate brain atlases of the twentieth century, from tree shrew to chimpanzee; Methods and nomenclature (NeuroNames) used in the preparation of Primate Brain Maps; 58 labelled coronal sections at 1mm intervals from the brain of Macaca fascicularis, with photomicrographs of their associated Nissl-stains; 4 labelled maps of the cortical surface; Quantitative comparison of the size and variation of subcortical structures of the macaques and other primate species as reperesented in published stereotaxic atlases, and applicability of Primate Brain Maps to different macaques and other primate species; How to use the atlas templates provided on the CD-ROM for mapping data; Structure and abbreviation indices.    

168 pages. Hardcover. Suitable as a reference tool for everyone working in primate brain research, neuroanatomy and neuroinformatics. Includes a book and a CD-ROM (record number 5663 in NORINA).   Published by Academic Press, now part of Elsevier. Also available at amazon.

ISBN-13: 978-0-444-50415-9; ISBN: 0-444-50415-X (Book and CD-ROM)

€154.67