Ebook: Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy: Evolution and Adaptation, Second Edition

Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy

Evolution and Adaptation

Second Edition

Ann B. Butler and William Hodos

The Second Edition of this landmark text presents a broad survey of comparative vertebrate neuroanatomy at the introductory level, representing a unique contribution to the field of evolutionary neurobiology. It has been extensively revised and updated, with substantially improved figures and diagrams that are used generously throughout the text. Through analysis of the variation in brain structure and function between major groups of vertebrates, readers can gain insight into the evolutionary history of the nervous system. The text is divided into three sections:
* Introduction to evolution and variation, including a survey of cell structure, embryological development, and anatomical organization of the central nervous system; phylogeny and diversity of brain structures; and an overview of various theories of brain evolution
* Systematic, comprehensive survey of comparative neuroanatomy across all major groups of vertebrates
* Overview of vertebrate brain evolution, which integrates the complete text, highlights diversity and common themes, broadens perspective by a comparison with brain structure and evolution of invertebrate brains, and considers recent data and theories of the evolutionary origin of the brain in the earliest vertebrates, including a recently proposed model of the origin of the brain in the earliest vertebrates that has received strong support from newly discovered fossil evidence

Ample material drawn from the latest research has been integrated into the text and highlighted in special feature boxes, including recent views on homology, cranial nerve organization and evolution, the relatively large and elaborate brains of birds in correlation with their complex cognitive abilities, and the current debate on forebrain evolution across reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy is geared to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in neuroanatomy, but anyone interested in the anatomy of the nervous system and how it corresponds to the way that animals function in the world will find this text fascinating.Content:
Chapter 1 Evolution and Variation (pages 1–17):
Chapter 2 Neurons and Sensory Receptors (pages 19–48):
Chapter 3 The Vertebrate Central Nervous System (pages 49–72):
Chapter 4 Vertebrate Phylogeny and Diversity in Brain Organization (pages 73–91):
Chapter 5 Evolution and Adaptation of the Brain, Behavior, and Intelligence (pages 93–111):
Chapter 6 Theories of Brain Evolution (pages 113–123):
Chapter 7 Overview of Spinal Cord and Hindbrain (pages 125–138):
Chapter 8 The Spinal Cord (pages 139–155):
Chapter 9 Segmental Organization of the Head, Brain, and Cranial Nerves (pages 157–172):
Chapter 10 Functional Organization of the Cranial Nerves (pages 173–182):
Chapter 11 Sensory Cranial Nerves of the Brainstem (pages 183–204):
Chapter 12 Motor Cranial Nerves (pages 205–220):
Chapter 13 The Reticular Formation (pages 221–239):
Chapter 14 The Cerebellum (pages 241–264):
Chapter 15 Overview of the Midbrain (pages 265–274):
Chapter 16 Isthmus (pages 275–288):
Chapter 17 Tegmentum and Tori (pages 289–309):
Chapter 18 Optic Tectum (pages 311–340):
Chapter 19 Overview of the Forebrain (pages 341–372):
Chapter 20 Pretectum, Accessory Optic System, and Migrated Posterior Tuberculum (pages 373–405):
Chapter 21 Epithalamus (pages 407–415):
Chapter 22 Dorsal Thalamus (pages 417–444):
Chapter 23 The Visceral Brain: The Hypothalamus and the Autonomic Nervous System (pages 445–467):
Chapter 24 Basal Telencephalon (pages 469–494):
Chapter 25 Nonlimbic Pallium (pages 495–522):
Chapter 26 Visual Forebrain in Amniotes (pages 523–546):
Chapter 27 Somatosensory and Motor Forebrain in Amniotes (pages 547–569):
Chapter 28 Auditory and Vocal Forebrain in Amniotes (pages 571–591):
Chapter 29 Terminal Nerve and Olfactory Forebrain (pages 593–609):
Chapter 30 Limbic Telencephalon (pages 611–634):
Chapter 31 Evolution of Brains: A Bilaterian View (pages 635–663):