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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790857203321

Autore

Ashwell Ken W. S.

Titolo

Neurobiology of monotremes : brain evolution in our distant mammalian cousins / / editor: Ken Ashwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collingwood, Victoria : , : CSIRO Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

0-643-10316-3

0-643-10315-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (537 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AshwellKen W. S

Disciplina

599.1

Soggetti

Monotremes

Neuroanatomy

Neurobiology

Neurophysiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Classification and evolution of the monotremes / A.M. Musser -- Behaviour and ecology of the monotremes / Stewart C. Nicol -- Embryology and post-hatching development of the monotremes / Ken W.S. Ashwell -- Overview of monotreme nervous system structure and evolution / Ken W.S. Ashwell -- Peripheral nervous system, spinal cord, brainstem and cerebellum / Ken W.S. Ashwell -- Diencephalon and deep telencephalic structures / Ken W.S. Ashwell -- Cerebral cortex and claustrum/endopiriform complex / Ken W.S. Ashwell -- Visual system / Ken W.S. Ashwell -- Somatosensory and electrosensory systems / Ken W.S. Ashwell and Craig D. Hardman -- Auditory and vestibular systems / Ken W.S. Ashwell -- Chemical senses : olfactory and gustatory systems / Ken W.S. Ashwell -- The hypothalamus, neuroendocrine interface and autonomic regulation / Ken W.S. Ashwell -- Monotremes and the evolution of sleep / Ken W.S. Ashwell -- Reflections : monotreme neurobiology in context / Ken W.S. Ashwell -- Atlas and tables of peripheral nervous system anatomy / Ken W.S. Ashwell and Anne M. Musser -- Atlas of the adult and developing brain and spinal cord of the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus aculeatus) / Ken W.S. Ashwell and Craig D. Hardman -- Atlas of the



adult and developing brain of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) / Ken W.S. Ashwell and Craig D. Hardman.