The Embryonic Human Brain An Atlas of Developmental Stages

by O'Rahilly, Ronan R.; Mü ller, Fabiola

• ISBN13: 9780471254508
• ISBN10: 0471254509
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-13
• Publisher: Wiley-Liss
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Summary

As a wholly unique atlas and the only book specializing on the prenatal human brain during both the embryonic and fetal periods, this updated version of The Embryonic Human Brain: An Atlas of Developmental Stages provides the latest information on human development with more than one hundred new pages and sixty additional illustrations. Written by one of the world's foremost authorities in the field of human embryology, this monograph gives professionals up-to-date, detailed drawings and texts based on three-dimensional reconstructions of varied morphological processes of the brain. Clearly written and detailed, this Second Edition presents the most accurate photographs, drawings, and photomicrographs of the human brain, including lateral views and median reconstructions of the brain at each stage, with revised tables and ages conforming with the most current ultrasonic findings in the field. The Embryonic Human Brain: An Atlas of Developmental Stages, Second Edition contains essential information on the embryonic period proper (the first eight postovulatory weeks) by providing: * New figures on arteries, based on the well-known studies of Padget * Over 300 figures of the embryonic and fetal human brain * The latest information concerning the cerebellum in both the embryonic and fetal periods, with special attention paid to hippocampal formation * An expanded account of the fetal period, emphasizing continuity of development, with supplemental postnatal images * A timely, expanded bibliography, and new appendices relating to median features, tracts, and the rhombencephalon * The Embryonic Human Brain: An Atlas of Developmental Stages, Second Edition is an authoritative and indispensable resource for neuroscientists, developmental biologists, neurologists, and neurosurgeons, and is an essential handbook on current knowledge of human development for psychiatric and psychological professionals worldwide.

Author Biography

Ronan R. O'Rahilly and Fabiola Müller are the authors of The Embryonic Human Brain: An Atlas of Developmental Stages, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Historical Aspects	1	(4)
Techniques	5	(2)
Prenatal Measurements	7	(2)
Embryonic Staging	9	(4)
Prenatal Age	13	(2)
Terminology and Definitions	15	(20)
Early Stages	35	(4)
Stage 8: The First Appearance of the Nervous System	39	(8)
Stage 9: The Major Divisions of the Brain	47	(12)
Stage 10: The Neural Tube and the Optic Primordium	59	(14)
Stage 11: Closure of the Rostral Neuropore	73	(14)
Stage 12: Closure of the Caudal Neuropore and the Beginning of Secondary Neurulation	87	(18)
Stage 13: The Closed Neural Tube and the First Appearance of the Cerebellum	105	(10)
Stage 14: The Future Cerebral Hemispheres	115	(14)
Stage 15: Longitudinal Zoning in the Diencephalon	129	(10)
Stage 16: Evagination of the Neurohypophysis	139	(16)
Stage 17: The Future Olfactory Bulb and the First Amygdaloid Nuclei	155	(18)
Stage 18: The Future Corpus Striatum, the Inferior Cerebellar Peduncle, and the Dentate Nucleus	173	(22)
Stage 19: The Choroid Plexus of the Fourth Ventricle and the Medial Accessory Olivary Nucleus	195	(22)
Stage 20: The Choroid Plexus of the Lateral Ventricles, the Optic and Habenular Commissures, and the Interpeduncular and Septal Nuclei	217	(22)
Stage 21: The First Appearance of the Cortical Plate in the Cerebral Hemispheres	239	(26)
Stage 22: The Internal Capsule and the Olfactory Tract	265	(22)
Stage 23: The Brain at the End of the Embryonic Period	287	(52)
Trimester 1, Postembryonic Phase	339	(48)
Trimester 2	387	(18)
Trimester 3 and the Newborn	405	(16)
Early Postnatal Life	421	(6)
Bibliography	427	(14)
Appendix 1. Computer Ranking of the Sequence of Appearance of Features of the Brain	441	(6)
Appendix 2. Sequence and Stage of Appearance of Median Features of the Brain	447	(1)
Appendix 3. Sequence and Stage of Appearance of Tracts of the Brain	448	(1)
Appendix 4. Sequence and Stage of Appearance of Features Associated with the Rhombencephalon	449	(2)
Index	451