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THE RAT BRAIN IN STEREOTAXIC COORDINATES: COMPACT 6TH EDITION
The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates: Compact 6th Edition
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Sixth Edition

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

Description
The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, Compact Sixth Edition is a smaller sized (8.5 x11inch), abridged version of the most referenced work in neuroscience (over 35,000 citations for this atlas). The compact edition provides the coronal plates and diagrams of the current sixth edition in a smaller more convenient spiral format and at a student friendly price. This book includes an introduction for students to some of the major current concepts in neuroanatomy: neuromeres and brain development. Students and seasoned researchers will find herein the first major unified nomenclature ontology tree based on development. The atlas features 161 coronal photographic plates and 161 juxtaposed diagrams. The diagrams are in color, but the photographs are in black and white. The full-sized sixth edition is in full color and also features the sagittal and horizontal planes.

Audience
Students and researchers in neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and molecular expression/cloning in the rat who need a more convenient, affordable lab atlas of the rat brain.

Contents
1) Introduction with student's guide on how to do stereotaxic surgery and how to use stereotaxic atlases 2) Introduction to the concept of neuromeres and brain development 3) Overview of the brain for students, including three sagittal, five coronal, and two horizontal simplified diagrams, as well as surface diagrams of the brain 4) Nomenclature ontology tree 5) 161 coronal diagrams and corresponding photgraphic plates

Bibliographic details
Spiral Bound, 400 pages, publication date: NOV-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-374243-8
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS

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