The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates

by MA Paxinos AO (BA, Charles Watson

Overview

Since its first edition in 1982, the Paxinos and Watson rat brain atlas has become the most trusted source of accurate coordinates and anatomical information in laboratories throughout the world. It has been cited over 60,000 times, making it the most cited publication in neuroscience. The seventh edition incorporates new findings on developmental gene expression and presents the boundaries of neuromeres in sagittal sections. - 161 thoroughly revised coronal diagrams and accompanying photographic plates spaced at 120 µm intervals - 19 thoroughly revised sagittal diagrams and accompanying photographic plates - 27 thoroughly revised horizontal diagrams and accompanying photographic plates - Photographic plates printed from high resolution digital images in color - Diagrams of all spinal cord segments - The most accurate and virtually universally used stereotaxic coordinate system - Neuromeric segments delineated in sagittal sections - A 'mini-atlas' of 14 diagrams to assist beginning students of neuroanatomy - Over 1000 structures identified - Electronic diagrams available to purchasers of this book via a companion web site (http://booksite.elsevier.com/9780123919496/)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780124157521
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	10/24/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	472
File size:	96 MB
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About the Author

Professor Paxinos is the author of almost 50 books on the structure of the brain of humans and experimental animals, including The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, now in its 7th Edition, which is ranked by Thomson ISI as one of the 50 most cited items in the Web of Science. Dr. Paxinos paved the way for future neuroscience research by being the first to produce a three-dimensional (stereotaxic) framework for placement of electrodes and injections in the brain of experimental animals, which is now used as an international standard. He was a member of the first International Consortium for Brain Mapping, a UCLA based consortium that received the top ranking and was funded by the NIMH led Human Brain Project. Dr. Paxinos has been honored with more than nine distinguished awards throughout his years of research, including: The Warner Brown Memorial Prize (University of California at Berkeley, 1968), The Walter Burfitt Prize (1992), The Award for Excellence in Publishing in Medical Science (Assoc Amer Publishers, 1999), The Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research (2001), The Alexander von Humbolt Foundation Prize (Germany 2004), and moreCharles Watson is a neuroscientist and public health physician. His qualifications included a medical degree (MBBS) and two research doctorates (MD and DSc). He is Professor Emeritus at Curtin University, and holds adjunct professorial research positions at the University of New South Wales, the University of Queensland, and the University of Western Australia. He has published over 100 refereed journal articles and 40 book chapters, and has co-authored over 25 books on brain and spinal cord anatomy. The Paxinos Watson rat brain atlas has been cited over 80,000 times. His current research is focused on the comparative anatomy of the hippocampus and the claustrum.He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Sydney in 2012 and received the Distinguished Achievement Award of the Australasian Society for Neuroscience in 2018.

Table of Contents

Features of the EditionIntroductionMethodsStereotaxic reference systemNomenclature and the construction of abbreviationsThe basis of delineation of structuresReferencesIndex of structuresIndex of abbreviationsParts of the rat brainFigures

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Completely revised edition of one of the top-cited books in science, this atlas is the definitive lab resource on the rat brain.

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"…this version contains 161 revised coronal diagrams with accompanying photographic plates of microtome slides taken at 120 micrometer intervals through the brain from its anterior to posterior end…The book will be useful to students and teachers of neuroanatomy in medical schools, with additional uses in neurological research and specialist veterinary medicine." —ProtoView.com, March 2014

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