The Human Brain Prenatal Development and Structure
This book is unique among the current literature in that it systematically documents the prenatal structural development of the human brain. It is based on lifelong study using essentially a single staining procedure, the classic rapid Golgi procedure, wh
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Miguel Marín-Padilla
The Human Brain Prenatal Development and Structure
Author Miguel Marín-Padilla Timberlea Circle 2447 55125 Woodbury, MN USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-642-14723-4 e-ISBN 978-3-642-14724-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-14724-1 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010936628 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover design: eStudioCalamar, Figueres/Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
I dedicated this monograph to the memory of my dear Teresa, spouse, mother of my children, friend and life-long companion, since student years. She understood my persona with compassion and let me to pursue, not always in focus and/or comprehensible, my efforts. Although, a mystery to me, I am deeply beholden to her. And also to the memory of Don Quijote, Cajal and Beethoven, inseparable companions on my itinerary and to young neuroscientists. Woodbury, Minnesota 2010.
Miguel Marín-Padilla
Preface
The present monograph explores the prenatal development of the human brain motor cortex from its emergence in the undifferentiated neuroepithelium, through the establishment of its primordial organization and the subsequent ascending and stratified cytoarchitectural and functional organizations. The prenatal development of the motor cortex basic neuronal, fibrillar, synaptic, microvascular, and neuroglial systems follows a concomitant, ascending and stratified progression from lower (older) to upper (younger) cortical strata. The monograph introduces new developmental data that explain, for the first time, why, how, and in what order the mammalian cerebral cortex becomes stratified (laminated) as well as the number of pyramidal cells strata that characterizes each mammalian species. It represents the first systematic exploration and description of the prenatal development maturations of the human motor cortex recorder. The
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