ISBN:  0192631276
Godina izdanja: 1971
Jezik: Engleski
Oblast: Neurologija
Autor: Strani

Alfred Meyer - Historical Aspects of Cerebral Anatomy
Oxford University Press, 1971
230 str.
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0192631276

This authoritative book traces in considerable detail the history of the development of knowledge of the structure of the central nervous system over a period of several centuries. It is not a complete history of neuroanatomy, but discusses certain important regions of the brain of which the author has made a particular study. or which are in the foreground of contemporary research. From the vast amount of information on such regions which he has collected and analysed, the author has selected his factual evidence carefully.
The main text is divided into three parts, each treating a different part of the brain. The emphasis is regional: the author examines the basal ganglia and the diencephalon, the olfactory brain, and the cerebral convolutions and fissures. Within this framework he deals separately with each structure that he has selected and traces its history from its first description, often as early as the second century A.D., through to the first half of the present century. As landmarks in his discussion the author has singled out certain prominent pioneers of cerebral anatomy, from Galen and Vesalius to the neuroanatomists of this century, but also gives due recognition to the numerous lesser workers.
Part IV consists wholly of about 1500 references to other works, comprising a virtually complete bibliography of neuroanatomy, and may be considered in itself one of the most important features of the book. There are 29 illustrations, many of them original drawings or engravings taken from famous historical works. This will be an extremely valuable source book for specialists in the fields of neuro-anatomy in particular, and for medical historians in general. It will be an invaluable addition to every medical library.

Brain > Anatomy & Histology


Anatomy history
Brain Anatomy
Brain Anatomy History
Central Nervous System anatomy & histology
History
Neuroanatomie Histoire
Neuroanatomy
Neuroanatomy History
Neurology history

Contents
Preface
Introduction
PART 1
THE BASAL GANGLIA AND THE DIENCEPHALON
1 From Galen to Vesalius
2 From Vesalius to Burdach
3 The Corpus Striatum: from Burdach to the Early
Twentieth Century
+ Thalamus and Subthalamus
5 The Hypothalamus
6 Ascending Reticular Formation
PART 2
THE `OLFACTORY BRAIN`
7 Early History until the End of the Eighteenth Century
8 The Olfactory Bulb, Tract, and Secondary Stations
9 Centres with no Direct Connexion with Olfactory
Function:
Ammon`s Horn
Amygdaloid Complex
Septum Pellucidum
10 Important Olfactory Pathways:
Fornix
Stria Terminalis
Stria Medullaris Thalami
Anterior Commissure
11 The Cingular Region
PART 3
CEREBRAL CONVOLUTIONS AND FISSURES
12 From Galen to Rolando
13 From Rolando to Gratiolet
14 After Gratiolet: Developments in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
15 Some Problems Concerning the Discovery of the Neurone