内容简介
TheRatBraininStereotaxicCoordinates,CompactSixthEditionisasmallersized(8.5x11inch),abridgedversionofthemostreferencedworkinneuroscience(over35,000citationsforthisatlas).Thecompacteditionprovidesthecoronalplatesanddiagramsofthecurrentsixtheditioninasmallermoreconvenientspiralformatandatastudentfriendlyprice.Thisbookincludesanintroductionforstudentstosomeofthemajorcurrentconceptsinneuroanatomy:neuromeresandbraindevelopment.Studentsandseasonedresearcherswillfindhereinthefirstmajorunifiednomenclatureontologytreebasedondevelopment.Theatlasfeatures161coronalphotographicplatesand161juxtaposeddiagrams.Thediagramsareincolor,butthephotographsareinblackandwhite.Thefull-sizedsixtheditionisinfullcolorandalsofeaturesthesagittalandhorizontalplanes.Features:161coronalphotographicdiagramsandaccompanying161photographicplatesspacedat120micronintervals;diagramsthatareidenticaltothoseofthefullSixthEdition;delineationsofover900brainstructures;themostaccuratestereotaxiccoordinatesystem;andCDincludesdrawingsinpdf,epsandaiformatsandcolorimages.
作者简介
ProfessorGeorgePaxinos,AO(BA,MA,PhD,DSc)completedhisBAatTheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley,hisPhDatMcGillUniversity,andspentapostdoctoralyearatYaleUniversity.Heistheauthorofalmost50booksonthestructureofthebrainofhumansandexperimentalanimals,includingTheRatBraininStereotaxicCoordinates,nowinits7thEdition,whichisrankedbyThomsonISIasoneofthe50mostciteditemsintheWebofScience.Dr.Paxinospavedthewayforfutureneuroscienceresearchbybeingthefirsttoproduceathree-dimensional(stereotaxic)frameworkforplacementofelectrodesandinjectionsinthebrainofexperimentalanimals,whichisnowusedasaninternationalstandard.HewasamemberofthefirstInternationalConsortiumforBrainMapping,aUCLAbasedconsortiumthatreceivedthetoprankingandwasfundedbytheNIMHledHumanBrainProject.Dr.Paxinoshasbeenhonoredwithmorethanninedistinguishedawardsthroughouthisyearsofresearch,including:TheWarnerBrownMemorialPrize(UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley,1968),TheWalterBurfittPrize(1992),TheAwardforExcellenceinPublishinginMedicalScience(AssocAmerPublishers,1999),TheRamaciottiMedalforExcellenceinBiomedicalResearch(2001),TheAlexandervonHumboltFoundationPrize(Germany2004),andmore.,,,