The Human Central Nervous System
The present edition of The Human Central Nervous System differs considerably from its predecessors. In previous editions, the text was essentially confined to a section dealing with the various functional systems of the brain. This section, which has been
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C. van Huijzen
The Human Central Nervous System
R. Nieuwenhuys J. Voogd C. van Huijzen
The Human Central Nervous System Fourth Edition
With 391 Figures
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Rudolf Nieuwenhuys M.D., Ph.D. Professor emeritus of Neuroanatomy The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience Meibergdreef 47 1105 BA Amsterdam The Netherlands [email protected]
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Jan Voogd M.D., Ph.D. Professor emeritus of Anatomy Department of Neuroscience Erasmus University Rotterdam P.O. Box 2040 3000 CA Rotterdam The Netherlands [email protected]
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ISBN 978-3-540-34684-5 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN 3-540-13441-7
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Preface to the Fourth Edition
The present edition of The Human Central Nervous System differs considerably from its predecessors. In previous editions, the text was essentially confined to a section dealing with the various functional systems of the brain. This section, which has been rewritten and updated, is now preceded by 15 newly written chapters, which introduce the pictorial material of the gross anatomy, the blood vessels and meninges and the microstructure of its various parts and deal with the development, topography and functional anatomy of the spinal cord, the brain stem and the cerebellum, the diencephalon and the telencephalon. Great pains have been taken to cover the most recent concepts and data. As suggested by the front cover, there is a focus on the evolutionary development of the human brain. Throughout the text numerous correlations
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