The Rat Nervous System

by George Paxinos AO (BA, MA, PhD, DSc), FASSA, FAA (Editor)

Overview

The previous editions of The Rat Nervous System were indispensable guides for those working on the rat and mouse as experimental models. The fourth edition enhances this tradition, providing the latest information in the very active field of research on the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system. The structure, connections, and function are explained in exquisite detail, making this an essential book for any graduate student or scientist working on the rat or mouse nervous system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080542614
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	05/05/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1328
File size:	75 MB
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About the Author

Professor Paxinos is the author of almost 50 books on the structure of the brain of humans and experimental animals, including The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, now in its 7th Edition, which is ranked by Thomson ISI as one of the 50 most cited items in the Web of Science. Dr. Paxinos paved the way for future neuroscience research by being the first to produce a three-dimensional (stereotaxic) framework for placement of electrodes and injections in the brain of experimental animals, which is now used as an international standard. He was a member of the first International Consortium for Brain Mapping, a UCLA based consortium that received the top ranking and was funded by the NIMH led Human Brain Project. Dr. Paxinos has been honored with more than nine distinguished awards throughout his years of research, including: The Warner Brown Memorial Prize (University of California at Berkeley, 1968), The Walter Burfitt Prize (1992), The Award for Excellence in Publishing in Medical Science (Assoc Amer Publishers, 1999), The Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research (2001), The Alexander von Humbolt Foundation Prize (Germany 2004), and more

Table of Contents

DevelopmentPeripheral Nervous System & Spinal CordBrainstem & CerebellumDiencephalon, Basal Ganglia, Amygdala and SeptumCortexSystemsNeurotransmitters

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Provides a comprehensive description of the cytoarchitecture, chemoarchitecture, and connectivity of the rat nervous system.