The Brain Atlas: A Visual Guide to the Human Central Nervous System

Thomas A. Woolsey, Joseph Hanaway, Mokhtar H. Gado

ISBN 10: 1118438779 / ISBN 13: 9781118438770

Published by Wiley-Blackwell 2016-12-09, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Brain Atlas: A Visual Guide to the Human Central Nervous System
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell 2016-12-09
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118438779
• ISBN 13: 9781118438770
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Brain Atlas: A Visual Guide to the Human Central Nervous System integrates modern neuroscience with clinical practice and is now significantly revised and updated for a Fourth Edition. The book's five sections cover: Background Information, The Brain and Its Blood Vessels, Brain Slices, Histological Sections, and Pathways. These are depicted in over 350 high quality intricate figures making it the best available visual guide to human neuroanatomy.

About the Author

Thomas A. Woolsey MD, lecturer in Biology; George H. and Ethel R. Bishop Scholar in Neuroscience Emeritus; Professor Emeritus of Experimental Neurological Surgery, of Experimental Neurology, of Anatomy and Neurobiology, of Cell Biology and Physiology and of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Dr Woolsey a world-renowned neurobiologist best known for his discovery of the cortical barrels in rodents. During his nearly forty years at Washington University School of Medicine, he has won numerous awards for teaching medical students, residents, graduate students, and undergraduates in psychology and life sciences.

Joseph Hanaway, MD, retired Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Dr Hanway has practiced neurology for over thirty years and has taught basic and clinical neuroanatomy at Harvard University, the University of Virginia, Washington University, and the University of Missouri Medical School.

Mokhtar H. Gado, MD, formerly Professor of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Dr Gado was an internationally known neuroradiologist with more than thirty-five years of clinical, research, and teaching experience at Washington University School of Medicine and the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology.