O'Rahilly, Ronan.

The embryonic human brain : an atlas of developmental stages / Ronan O'Rahilly, Fabiola Müller. - 3rd ed. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Liss, c2006. - ix, 358 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-330) and index.

Preface. - 1. Historical Aspects. - 2. Techniques. - 3. Prenatal Measurements. - 4. Embryonic Staging. - 5. Prenatal Age. - 6. Terminology and Definitions. - 7. Early Stages. - 8 Stage 8: The First Appearance of the Nervous System. - 9 Stage 9: The Major Divisions of the Brain. - 10. Stage 10: The Neural Tube and the Optic Primordium. - 11. Stage 11: Closure of the Rostral Neuropore. - 12. Stage 12: Closure of the Caudal Neuropore and the Beginning of Secondary Neurulation. - 13. Stage 13: The Closed Neural Tube and the First Appearance of the Cerebellum. - 14. Stage 14: The Future Cerebral Hemispheres. - 15. Stage 15: Longitudinal Zoning in the Diencephalon. - 16. Stage 16: Evagination of the Neurohypophysis. - 17. Stage 17: The Future Olfactory Bulb and the First Amygdaloid Nuclei. - 18. Stage 18: The Future Corpus Striatum, the Inferior Cerebellar Peduncle, and the Dentate Nucleus. - 19. Stage 19: The Choroid Plexus of the Fourth Ventricle and the Medial Accessory Olivary Nucleus. - 20. Stage 20: The Choroid Plexus of the Lateral Ventricles, the Optic and Habenular Commissures, and the Interpeduncular and Septal Nuclei. - 21. Stage 21: The First Appearance of the Cortical Plate in the Cerebral Hemispheres. - 22. Stage 22: The Internal Capsule and the Olfactory Tract. - 23. Stage 23: The Brain at the End of the Embryonic Period. - 24. Trimester 1, Postembryonic Phase. - 25. Trimester 2. - 26. Trimester 3 and the Newborn. Supplement : early postnatal life. - Bibliography. - App. 1. Changing lengths of the brain and its subdivisions from 3 1/1 to 5 1/2 weeks. - App. 2. Computer Ranking of the Sequence of Appearance of Features of the Brain. - App. 2. Sequence and Stage of Appearance of Median Features of the Brain. - App. 3. Sequence and Stage of Appearance of Tracts of the Brain. - App. 4. Sequence and Stage of Appearance of Features Associated with the Rhombencephalon. - Index.

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Brain--Differentiation--Atlases.
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