Info
- Utilizzare la checkbox di selezione a fianco di ciascun documento per attivare le funzionalità di stampa, invio email, download nei formati disponibili del (i) record.
Comparative vertebrate neuroanatomy [[electronic resource] ] : evolution and adaptation / / Ann B. Butler, William Hodos
| Comparative vertebrate neuroanatomy [[electronic resource] ] : evolution and adaptation / / Ann B. Butler, William Hodos |
| Autore | Butler Ann B |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (739 p.) |
| Disciplina |
573.831
573.8331 573.83316 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HodosWilliam |
| Soggetto topico |
Neuroanatomy
Vertebrates - Anatomy Nervous system - Evolution Anatomy, Comparative Nervous system - Adaptation |
| ISBN |
1-280-27743-2
9786610277438 0-470-30584-3 0-471-73384-9 0-471-73383-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATE NEUROANATOMY; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Boxes; Part One EVOLUTION AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; 1 Evolution and Variation; Introduction; Diversity Over Time; Evolutionary Mechanisms; Genetic Factors; Natural Selection; Evolution of the Vertebrate Central Nervous System; Sameness and Its Biological Significance; Analogy; Historical Homology; Homoplasy; Biological Homology; Generative Homology or Syngeny; Analysis of Variation; Cladistic Analysis; Parsimony; Tests of Homology; A Word of Caution; Reconstructing Evolution
2 Neurons and Sensory ReceptorsIntroduction; The Nervous System; Neurons and Sensory Receptors; Transport Within Neurons; Classification of Neurons; Somata; Dendrites; Axons; Synapses; Chemical Synapses; Neuroactive Substances; Electrical Synapses; Volume Transmission; Neuronal Populations; Golgi Type I and II Cells; Nuclei and Planes of Section; Techniques for Tracing Connections Between Nuclei; Receptors and Senses; How Many Senses?; Receptors and Awareness; Sensory Experience as a Private Mental Event; Sensory Adaptation; Receptor Types; Mechanoreceptors; Radiant-Energy Receptors ChemoreceptorsNervus Terminalis: An Unclassified Receptor; Electroreceptors; Nociceptors; Magnetoreceptors; Topographic Organization; Receptive Fields; The Senses and Evolution of the Central Nervous System; 3 The Vertebrate Central Nervous System; Introduction; Development of the Brain; Segmental Development of the Vertebrate Brain; Neurogenesis and Migration of Neurons; Cortices and Nuclei; Differing Patterns of Development; Ontogeny and Recapitulation; The Brain and Spinal Cord; Cellular Organization of the Central Nervous System; Regional Organization of the Nervous System The Spinal CordThe Brain; The Meninges and the Ventricular System; Major Systems of the Brain; Sensory Systems; Motor Systems; Nomenclature of the Brain; 4 Vertebrate Phylogeny and Diversity in Brain Organization; Introduction; Vertebrate Phylogeny; Chordate Relationships; Jawless Vertebrates; Chrondrichthyes; Actinopterygii; Sarcopterygii; The Big Picture of Vertebrate Evolution; Two Types of Brain Organization; Laminar Brains (Group I); Elaborated Brains (Group II); Glia and Brain Elaboration; Laminar and Elaborated Brains across Evolution 5 Evolution and Adaptation of the Brain, Behavior, and IntelligencePhylogeny and Adaptation; Phyletic Studies; Adaptation Studies; The Phylogenetic Scale; The Phylogenetic Tree; Complexity and Evolution; Anagenesis; Grades of Evolutionary Advancement; Evolutionary Change; Brain Evolution and Behavioral Adaptation; Brain Size and Brain Allometry; Brain Size and Behavioral Adaptation; Brain Size and Intelligence; What Is Intelligence?; Summary and Conclusions; 6 Theories of Brain Evolution; Introduction; Some Common Assumptions Previous Theories of Vertebrate Brain Evolution: Addition of Structures or Areas |
| Altri titoli varianti | Vertebrate neuroanatomy |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910143563403321 |
Butler Ann B
|
||
| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Comparative vertebrate neuroanatomy [[electronic resource] ] : evolution and adaptation / / Ann B. Butler, William Hodos
| Comparative vertebrate neuroanatomy [[electronic resource] ] : evolution and adaptation / / Ann B. Butler, William Hodos |
| Autore | Butler Ann B |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (739 p.) |
| Disciplina |
573.831
573.8331 573.83316 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HodosWilliam |
| Soggetto topico |
Neuroanatomy
Vertebrates - Anatomy Nervous system - Evolution Anatomy, Comparative Nervous system - Adaptation |
| ISBN |
1-280-27743-2
9786610277438 0-470-30584-3 0-471-73384-9 0-471-73383-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATE NEUROANATOMY; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Boxes; Part One EVOLUTION AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; 1 Evolution and Variation; Introduction; Diversity Over Time; Evolutionary Mechanisms; Genetic Factors; Natural Selection; Evolution of the Vertebrate Central Nervous System; Sameness and Its Biological Significance; Analogy; Historical Homology; Homoplasy; Biological Homology; Generative Homology or Syngeny; Analysis of Variation; Cladistic Analysis; Parsimony; Tests of Homology; A Word of Caution; Reconstructing Evolution
2 Neurons and Sensory ReceptorsIntroduction; The Nervous System; Neurons and Sensory Receptors; Transport Within Neurons; Classification of Neurons; Somata; Dendrites; Axons; Synapses; Chemical Synapses; Neuroactive Substances; Electrical Synapses; Volume Transmission; Neuronal Populations; Golgi Type I and II Cells; Nuclei and Planes of Section; Techniques for Tracing Connections Between Nuclei; Receptors and Senses; How Many Senses?; Receptors and Awareness; Sensory Experience as a Private Mental Event; Sensory Adaptation; Receptor Types; Mechanoreceptors; Radiant-Energy Receptors ChemoreceptorsNervus Terminalis: An Unclassified Receptor; Electroreceptors; Nociceptors; Magnetoreceptors; Topographic Organization; Receptive Fields; The Senses and Evolution of the Central Nervous System; 3 The Vertebrate Central Nervous System; Introduction; Development of the Brain; Segmental Development of the Vertebrate Brain; Neurogenesis and Migration of Neurons; Cortices and Nuclei; Differing Patterns of Development; Ontogeny and Recapitulation; The Brain and Spinal Cord; Cellular Organization of the Central Nervous System; Regional Organization of the Nervous System The Spinal CordThe Brain; The Meninges and the Ventricular System; Major Systems of the Brain; Sensory Systems; Motor Systems; Nomenclature of the Brain; 4 Vertebrate Phylogeny and Diversity in Brain Organization; Introduction; Vertebrate Phylogeny; Chordate Relationships; Jawless Vertebrates; Chrondrichthyes; Actinopterygii; Sarcopterygii; The Big Picture of Vertebrate Evolution; Two Types of Brain Organization; Laminar Brains (Group I); Elaborated Brains (Group II); Glia and Brain Elaboration; Laminar and Elaborated Brains across Evolution 5 Evolution and Adaptation of the Brain, Behavior, and IntelligencePhylogeny and Adaptation; Phyletic Studies; Adaptation Studies; The Phylogenetic Scale; The Phylogenetic Tree; Complexity and Evolution; Anagenesis; Grades of Evolutionary Advancement; Evolutionary Change; Brain Evolution and Behavioral Adaptation; Brain Size and Brain Allometry; Brain Size and Behavioral Adaptation; Brain Size and Intelligence; What Is Intelligence?; Summary and Conclusions; 6 Theories of Brain Evolution; Introduction; Some Common Assumptions Previous Theories of Vertebrate Brain Evolution: Addition of Structures or Areas |
| Altri titoli varianti | Vertebrate neuroanatomy |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830940803321 |
|
Butler Ann B
|
||
| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||