Primate Nervous System, Part III

Informationen zum Autor Floyd Bloom was the editor of Science magazine, now Brain Research . Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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)...

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• Authors: Anders Bjorklund, F. E. Bloom, Floyd E. Bloom, Floyd E. Bjorklund Bloom, Tomas Hokfelt
• Assisted by: A. Bjorklund (Editor), A. (Department of Physiological Sciences Bjorklund (Editor), Bjorklund A. (Editor), F. E. Bloom (Editor), Floyd E Bloom (Editor), Floyd E. Bloom (Editor), Bloom Floyd E. (Editor), T. Hokfelt (Editor), T. (Department of Neuroscience Hokfelt (Editor), Hokfelt T. (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.1999
• EAN: 9780444500434
• ISBN: 978-0-444-50043-4
• No. of pages: 434
• Series: Handbook of Chemical Neuroanatomy; Competitive Contractor Series; Handbook of Chemical Neuroanat; Competitive Contractor Series; Handbook of Chemical Neuroanatomy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology, Neurosciences, Primates, Zoology: primates (primatology)