Origin and Evolution of the Vertebrate Telencephalon, with Special Reference to the Mammalian Neocortex

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Aboitiz, Francisco (Συγγραφέας), Montiel, Juan (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Σειρά: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, 193
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Biomedicine.

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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Evolution of the vertebrate nervous system and the telencephalon
• Animal phylogenetic relationships
• The origin of vertebrates
• Evolution of the telencephalon in vertebrates
• Origin of the mammalian brain
• The first mammals
• Origins of the mammalian neocortex: hypotheses on homology
• Embryological evidence
• The olfactory-hippocampal hypothesis
• Origin of neocortical lamination
• Expansion of the neocortex
• Discussion
• An overview
• Issues with evolutionary theory
• Final comments
• Acknowledgements
• References
• Subject index.