The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates: Compact Second Edition

ANNOTATION

Audience: Neuroscientists, neurobiologists, and neurologists, particularly students.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, Second Edition, acknowledged as the reference in this field since the publication of the first edition, is now available in this Compact Edition. This will provide a more affordable option for students, as well as researchers needing an additional lab atlas. This version includes the coronal diagrams delineating the entire brain as well as the introductory text from the Deluxe edition. It is an essential reference for anyone studying the mouse brain or related species.

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

Paxinos (Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute) and Franklin (psychology, McGill U.) summarize current knowledge of mouse brain anatomy and supplement it with observations of the mouse. The new edition of this comprehensive atlas incorporates the lower brainstem sections, adds an entire sagittal plane section, and revises 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