Comparative vertebrate neuroanatomy : evolution and adaptation / Ann B. Butler, William Hodos. — 2nd ed. — Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2005. – (59.1343/B985/2nd ed.)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    List of Boxes
    Part One
    EVOLUTION AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
    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
    Part Two
    THE SPINAL CORD AND HINDBRAIN
    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
    Part Three
    THE MIDBRAIN
    15 Overview of the Midbrain
    16 Isthmus
    17 Tegmentum and Tori
    18 Optic Tectum
    Part Four
    THE FOREBRAIN: DIENCEPHALON
    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
    Part Five
    THE FOREBRAIN: TELENCEPHALON
    24 Basal Telencephalon
    25 Nonlimbic Pallium
    26 Visual Forebrain in Amniotes
    27 Somatosensory and Motor Forebrain in
    28 Auditory and Vocal Forebrain in Amniotes
    29 Terminal Nerve and Olfactory Forebrain
    30 Limbic Telencephalon
    Part Six
    CONCLUSION
    31 Evolution of Brains: A Bilaterian View
    Appendix: Terms Used in Neuroanatomy
     Introduction
     Direction and Location Terms
     Planes of Section
     Neuroanatomical Names
     Derivation of Terms
    Glossary
    Index