
Atlas of the Human Brain
Description
Key Features
- Winner of the 2016 British Medical Association Award for Best Illustrated Text and previous edition winner of the Award of Excellence from the American Association of Publishers
- The contents of the Atlas of the brain in MNI stereotaxic space has been extensively expanded from 143 pages, showing 69 levels through the hemisphere, to 314 pages representing 99 levels
- In addition to the fiber-stained (myelin) plates, we now provide fifty new (Nissl) plates covering cytoarchitecture. These are interdigitated within the existing myelin plates of the stereotaxic atlas
- All photographic plates now represent the complete hemisphere
- All photographs of the cell- and fiber-stained sections have been transformed to fit the MNI-space
- Major fiber tracts are identified in the fiber-stained sections
- In the Nissl plates cortical delineations (Brodmann’s areas) are provided for the first time
- The number of diagrams increased to 99. They were now generated from the 3D reconstruction of the hemisphere registered to the MNI- stereotaxic space. They can be used for immediate comparison between our atlas and experimental and clinical imaging results
- Parts of cortical areas are displayed at high magnification on the facing page of full page Nissl sections. Images selected highlight those areas which are thought to correspond with those published by von Economo and Koskinas (1925)
- A novel way of depicting cortical areal pattern is used: The cortical cytoarchitectonic ribbon is unfolded and presented linearly. This linear representation of the cortex enables the comparison of different interpretations of cortecal areas and allows mapping of activation sites
- Low magnification diagrams in the horizontal (axial) and sagittal planes are included, calculated from the 3D model of the atlas brain
Readership
Advanced students and basic researchers in neuroscience, neurology, radiology, neurosurgery, anatomy, psychology and psychiatry
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part 1: Three Atlases of the Brain in the Head
- Part 2: Atlas of the Human Brain in Stereotaxic (MNI) Space (AHB)
- Reproduction of Figures by Users of the Atlas
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Part 1: Three Atlases of the Brain in the Head
- Part 1: Three Atlases of the Brain in the Head
- 1.1: Materials and Methods
- 1.1.1 Anatomical Preparations
- 1.1.2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- 1.1.3 Preparation and Photography of the Anatomical Slices
- 1.1.4 Preparation of 100 μm Thick Frozen Histological Brain Sections
- 1.1.5 Presentation of the Images for the Three Atlases of the Brain in the Head
- 1.2: Horizontal Atlas of the Brain in the Head
- 1.3: Coronal Atlas of the Brain in the Head
- 1.4: Sagittal Atlas of the Brain in the Head
- Part 2: Myelo- and Cytoarchitectonic Atlas of the Human Brain in Stereotaxic (MNI) Space
- 2.1: Material and Methods
- 2.1.1 The Brain
- 2.1.2 Methods
- 2.1.3 Earlier Histological, Morphometric and Immunohistochemical Studies
- 2.1.4 Nomenclature
- 2.1.5 Photographic Plates and Corresponding Diagrams
- 2.1.6 Three-Dimensional Reconstructions
- 2.1.7 Standardization
- 2.1.8 Mapping of the Atlas Space to the Talairach-Space
- 2.1.9 Mapping of the Atlas Space to the MNI/ICBM2009b Template
- 2.1.10 AHB Reconstruction with MNI/ICBM2009b Shape Constrain
- 2.1.11 Registration of the Histological Sections to the Reconstructed Volume
- 2.1.12 Use of the Atlas for the Interpretation of Individual in vivo Brains
- 2.1.13 Mapping of the Cortex Areas
- 2.1.14 Generation of the Linear Representation of Cortex “Stripes”
- 2.1.15 The Layout of the Myelo- and Cytoarchitectonic Stereotaxic Atlas in MNI Space
- 2.2: Surface Views
- 2.3: Plates, Figures and Diagrams
- 2.4: Horizontal and Sagittal Diagrams with Reduced Detail
- 2.5: Maps of Subcortical Areas
- 2.5.1 Thalamus by F. Forutan
- 2.5.2 Hypothalamus by Y. Koutcherov
- 2.6: Published Studies: Referring to the Brain Represented in the Atlas of the Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates
- 2.6.1 Histological, Morphometric and Histochemical Studies
- 2.1: Material and Methods
- List of Structures
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
Product details
- No. of pages: 456
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2015
- Published: November 20, 2015
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780128028001
- eBook ISBN: 9780128028018
About the Authors
Juergen Mai
The main research interests are (i) the structural and molecular anatomy of the mammalian brain, especially of the human brain and (ii) expression patterns and regulation of terminal carbohydrates in development, cell activation and disease (III) operation planning in stereotactic neurosurgery. He works on a "Digital Brain Atlas for Planning and Interindividual Registration of Targets in Deep Brain Stimulation" and on a "Spatial Information Management Resource for the Human Brain". J. K. Mai has edited the catalogue of human brain sections from the Vogt collection; he is author and editor of several books, e.g. the awarded "Atlas of the Human Brain" with CD-ROM (Academic Press/Elsevier, San Diego), "The Human Nervous System" (Academic Press/Elsevier, San Diego, Amsterdam, 3rd ed. 2012), Funktionelle Anatomie für Zahnmediziner (Quintessenz, Berlin, 2nd. ed. 2008; Sensi Divini (ital., engl., ger, russ. eds). J. K. Mai is CEO of MR-X-Brain GmbH.
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Milan Majtanik
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Ratings and Reviews
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AsadIsmail Mon Feb 03 2020
Atlas of brain
Excellent, very informative and interesting, very happy with this purchase!!
JoelFreitas Fri Dec 21 2018
Awesome book.
Awesome book.
Boris D. Mon May 14 2018
The absolute reference
An amazing work, with so much knowledge and so many impressive pictures. One of my top ten neurology books.
Arthur T. Thu Dec 28 2017
An excellent book. A wonderful
An excellent book. A wonderful work. An atlas which should be in every neuroscientist and any clinician’hand. Thanks a lot for this real Bible.