Edited by
George Paxinos, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Charles Watson, Professor of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth
and Senior Professorial Research Fellow
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney
Pascal Carrive, School of Medical Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Matthew Kirkcaldie, School of Medicine, The University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Ken Ashwell, School of Medical Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Description
Now in its 6th edition, the Paxinos and Watson The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates has been the most used reference of neuroscientists
for the past twentyfive years. Both the illustrations and nomenclature of the atlas have become standard tools used by almost all research
neuroscientists who deal with anatomy, physiology, or function.
In 1999, the same authors published volumes Chemoarchitectonic Atlas
of the Rat Forebrain and Chemoarchitectonic Atlas of the Rat Brainstem. These publications have been recognized as providing an archive
of chemical markers in the rat brain guiding researchers in the identification of structures in their own preparations in many areas
of research. They provided primary data which researchers could apply to their own studies. These books were based on the 4th edition
of the Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, and are now out of print.
This second edition of the material in these books will combine
the two volumes of the first edition into a single volume.
The photographs are presented one to a page in the forebrain and midbrain
areas, two to a page in the hindbrain. Different chemoarchitectonic stains are displayed with labels identifying the structures of the
brain, following the delineations and nomenclature of the Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, Sixth Edition.
Audience:
Researchers using Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, Neuropharmacology, Neurogenetics to study the rat nervous system
