Evolution of the Central Nervous System of Craniata and Homo

• Main Author: Seeger, Wolfgang (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Neurosurgery.; Neurology .; Psychiatry.; Human anatomy.; Paleontology .; Neurology.; Anatomy.; Paleontology.

The main focus of this book is on providing students, neurosurgery trainees, certified neurosurgeons and colleagues in neighbouring disciplines essential information on the evolution of the central nervous system (CNS) of craniata and homo. Therefore the book is divided in three parts: Part I is des...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Evolution of Craniata and Homo: Chronological survey
• Ontogenetic and phylogenetic basis
• Comparative morphology of the Adult Central Nervous System of Craniata
• Part II Exceptional Position of Homo: Telencephalon, survey
• Diencephalon, mesencephalon, rhombencephalon, cerebellum, survey
• Telencephalon, details
• Diencephalon, mesencephalon and rhombencephalon, details
• Transectional planes of rhombencephalon (medulla oblongata, pons) and mesencephalon
• Cranial nerves
• Part III Morphologic Maturity and Immaturity: Recent and archaic human encephalon
• References
• Index.