The Embryonic Human Brain: An Atlas Of Developmental Stages

The Embryonic Human Brain: An Atlas Of Developmental Stages
By Ronan R. O'Rahilly, Fabiola Müller

• Publisher: Wiley-Liss
  
• Number Of Pages: 358
  
• Publication Date: 2006-11-06
  
• ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471694622
  
• ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471694625
  
• Binding: Hardcover
  

Product Description:

The new edition of The Embryonic Human Brain: An Atlas of Developmental Stages
represents the integration of analysis of the serial sections of human
embryos in the Carnegie collection with results of the latest
ultrasound studies. It provides summaries of the morphological status
of the brain at each stage of development, covering both normal and
anomalous conditions. Preceding the atlas are several chapters that
present historical aspects, techniques, and prenatal measurements, as
well as an introduction to embryonic staging, and terminology
accompanied by over definitions of key terms.

• Now illustrated in full colour throughout
  
• Includes high quality photographs, photomicrographs, and diagrams
  
• Expands coverage of magnetic resonance imaging of the fetal and perinatal periods
  
• Highlights molecular and genetic aspects of normal and abnormal development of the brain
  
• Utilizes a set of standardized abbreviations
  
• Provides selected references to seminal studies
  

Review for the Second Edition:
"[A]
really beautiful and wonderfully informative book that no embryologist,
comparative anatomist, pediatric neurologist or neurosurgeon should be
without. Putting aside the medical relevance of this atlas, it also
provides the most captivating version of one of the most complex and
fascinating embryological stories of all.” BRAIN
This
atlas is an invaluable resource for neuroscientists, developmental
biologists, comparative anatomists, neurologists, pathologists,
radiologists, and neurosurgeons.




Summary: Not cheap, but excellent
Rating: 5

This book is unique. Every person who is interested in (functional)
neuroanatomy and the related neurosciences should first study the
embryonic background of the structures that make up the brain. Studying
the contents of this book is an excellent preparation to these further
studies.