The Primate Nervous System, Part III: Volume 15
Elsevier (Publisher)
Published on 26. October 1999
Book
Hardback
434 pages
978-0-444-50043-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is the third and final part of the planned coverage of the neurochemical circuitry of the primate central nervous system. The five chapters included in this volume complement and integrate magnificently with the two prior volumes.
Included in the volume are the following: a two-fold exposition on the human forebrain, comprised of a comprehensive overview of the entire human forebrain, and a specific focus on the basal forebrain (a region critical for a wide range of human problems ranging from substance abuse to Alzheimer's disease), a critical synthesis of the primate basal ganglia (a region under intense scrutiny for the organization of motor programs, and for their dysfunctions in Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and other malfunctions), the chemical and anatomic details of the primate hippocampal formation in extenso, and lastly, a review of the rapidly growing literature on the mesocortical projection of dopaminergic circuits onto the primate frontal cortex ( a system highly linked to higher order mental abstractions, as well as the dysfunctions of schizophrenia).
Scholars will recognize that the laying out of these status reports on our still vastly incomplete examination of the primate brains is an opportunity for progress.
Included in the volume are the following: a two-fold exposition on the human forebrain, comprised of a comprehensive overview of the entire human forebrain, and a specific focus on the basal forebrain (a region critical for a wide range of human problems ranging from substance abuse to Alzheimer's disease), a critical synthesis of the primate basal ganglia (a region under intense scrutiny for the organization of motor programs, and for their dysfunctions in Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and other malfunctions), the chemical and anatomic details of the primate hippocampal formation in extenso, and lastly, a review of the rapidly growing literature on the mesocortical projection of dopaminergic circuits onto the primate frontal cortex ( a system highly linked to higher order mental abstractions, as well as the dysfunctions of schizophrenia).
Scholars will recognize that the laying out of these status reports on our still vastly incomplete examination of the primate brains is an opportunity for progress.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 275 mm
Width: 215 mm
Weight
1180 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-444-50043-4 (9780444500434)
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Persons
Floyd Bloom was the editor of Science magazine, now Brain Research.
Editor
Scripps Clinic & Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.
Department of Physiological Sciences, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Biomedical Center A11, S-22184 Lund, Sweden
Department of Neuroscience, Retzius Laboratory B3:4, Karolinska Institutet, Retzius vaeg 8, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
Content
1. The human basal forebrain. Part I. An overview (N. Sakamoto, J. Pearson, K. Shinoda, G.F. Alheid, J.S. De Olmos, L. Heimer)
2. The human basal forebrain. Part II (L. Heimer, J.S. De Olmos, G.F. Alheid, J. Pearson, N. Sakamoto, J. Marksteiner, R.C. Switzer, III)
3. Chemical architecture of the basal ganglia (A.M. Graybiel, J.B. Penney)
4. The hippocampal formation and perirhinal and parahippocampal cortices (Y. Kobayashi, D.G. Amaral)
5. The primate mesocortical dopamine system (P.S. Goldman-Rakic, C. Bergson, L.S. Krimer, M.S. Lidow, S.M. Williams, G.V. Williams)
2. The human basal forebrain. Part II (L. Heimer, J.S. De Olmos, G.F. Alheid, J. Pearson, N. Sakamoto, J. Marksteiner, R.C. Switzer, III)
3. Chemical architecture of the basal ganglia (A.M. Graybiel, J.B. Penney)
4. The hippocampal formation and perirhinal and parahippocampal cortices (Y. Kobayashi, D.G. Amaral)
5. The primate mesocortical dopamine system (P.S. Goldman-Rakic, C. Bergson, L.S. Krimer, M.S. Lidow, S.M. Williams, G.V. Williams)