
The Mouse Nervous System
Description
Key Features
- Systematic consideration of the anatomy and connections of all regions of the brain and spinal cord by the authors of the most cited rodent brain atlases
- A major section (12 chapters) on functional systems related to motor control, sensation, and behavioral and emotional states
- A detailed analysis of gene expression during development of the forebrain by Luis Puelles, the leading researcher in this area
- Full coverage of the role of gene expression during development and the new field of genetic neuroanatomy using site-specific recombinases
- Examples of the use of mouse models in the study of neurological illness
Readership
Neuroscientists, neuropathologists, neurologists, graduate students in neuroscience, and medical students.
Table of Contents
Dedication
List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Molecular Regionalization of the Developing Neural Tube
Chapter 2. Gene Targeting
Chapter 3. Genetic Neuroanatomy
Chapter 4. Neocortex
Chapter 5. Hippocampus
Chapter 6. Piriform Cortex and Amygdala
Chapter 7. Subpallial Structures
Chapter 8. Hypothalamus
Chapter 9. Diencephalon
Chapter 10. Midbrain
Chapter 11. Cerebellum
Chapter 12. Hindbrain
Chapter 13. Spinal Cord
Chapter 14. Vascular Supply
Chapter 15. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Mouse Brain
Chapter 16. Motor Nuclei of the Cranial Nerves
Chapter 17. Visceral Motoneurons
Chapter 18. Neurosecretory Nuclei of the Hypothalamus and Preoptic Area
Chapter 19. Motor Cortex
Chapter 20. Hypothalamic Goal-directed Behavior – Ingestive, Reproductive and Defensive
Chapter 21. The Somatosensory System
Chapter 22. Gustatory
Chapter 23. Pain
Chapter 24. Auditory System
Chapter 25. Visual System
Chapter 26. The Olfactory System
Chapter 27. Vestibular System
Chapter 28. The Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Projection System in Mice
Chapter 29. An Introduction to the Neurobiology of Emotions and Social Behavior
Chapter 30. Prefrontal Cortex
Chapter 31. Overview of Mouse Models for Psychiatric and Neurologic Disorders
Chapter 32. Mouse Models of Mental Illness and Neurological Disease
Chapter 33. The Neuroanatomy of Addictive Processes
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 814
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2011
- Published: September 22, 2011
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780080919188
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780123694973
About the Editors
Charles Watson
Affiliations and Expertise
George Paxinos
