The Mouse Brain Stereotaxic Coordinates, Deluxe 2nd Edition (with CD-ROM) ANNOTATION
Audience: Researchers in neuroscience, neuroanatomy, and pathology.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates is the most comprehensive and accurate atlas of the mouse brain ever published. The first edition of this book has become the acknowledged reference for the field. For this second edition, the authors have incorporated lower brainstem sections, added an entire sagittal plane section, and revised all delineations, especially of the cortex.
Key Features:
* A coronal set (slices are vertical, from front to back) of 100 photographs and 100 matching detailed diagrams delineating the entire brain
* A sagittal set (slices are horizontal, from left to right) featuring 32 photographs and 32 matching detailed diagrams
* Photographs of alternately Nissl- and Acetylcholinesterase-stained sections
* Thoroughly revised cortical delineations and improved subcortical delineations
* All diagrams available on CDROM
The CD-ROM contains:
* The entire text of the Atlas
* All images included in the Atlas
* Instructions on editing and printing the images
* Coronal, Sagittal, and Horizontal color plates
SYNOPSIS
New edition of the most cited mouse atlas, now available with CD-ROM! The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, Second Edition is the most comprehensive and accurate atlas of the mouse brain ever published. The first edition of this book has become the acknowledged reference in its field. In the second edition, the authors incorporated lower brainstem sections, an entire sagittal plane of section and revised all delineations, especially of the cortex. This guide is essential to those who study the brain of this species or any similar species, including hamsters and other marsupials. The large, spiral-bound format makes it easy to see the details in each illustration or photograph and compare them to animal models in the lab.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
In this comprehensive atlas, Paxinos (Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute) and Franklin (psychology, McGill U.) present current knowledge of mouse brain anatomy and supplement it with observations of the mouse. This deluxe edition comprises a text and a CD-ROM (the standard edition is only the text). The CD-ROM contains the entire text; all images; instructions on editing and printing the images; and coronal, sagittal, and horizontal plates. New to the second edition is coverage of the lower brainstem sections, inclusion of an entire sagittal plane section, and revision of all delineations, especially of the cortex. Key features include a coronal set of 100 photographs and matching detailed diagrams of the entire brain; 32 diagrams of the sagittal set; photographs of alternately nissl- and acetylcholinesterase-stained sections. Spiral wire binding. Oversize: 13x13.75. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AUTHOR DESCRIPTION
George Paxinos, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Keith Franklin, McGill University.
ACCREDITATION
Paxinos, George; Franklin, Keith B. J.
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