Brain Mapping: the Methods

Hardcover large quarto xiii, 471 pages: illustrations (some color); 29 cm. Red spine; black color illus boards. "A methodological volume with a comprehensive view of all approaches used to map the brain. The book discusses assumptions, limitations and advantages of various methods and techniques, and integrates the information collected by using them all." Contents: 1. Introduction to Cartography of the Brain / Arthur W. Toga and John C. Mazziotta -- 2. Dynamic Optical Imaging of Neuronal Structure and Physiology: Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy in Living Brain Slices / Michael E. Dailey -- 3. Optical Imaging Based on Intrinsic Signals: The Methodology / Tobias Bonhoeffer and Amiram Grinvald -- 4. Dynamic Measurements of Local Cerebral Blood Flow: Examples from Rodent Whisker Barrel Cortex / Thomas A. Woolsey, Carl M. Rovainen, Ling Wei, Martin M. Henegar, Griffith Liang, Daqian Liu and Yuri E. Moskalenko -- 5. Quantitative Autoradiographic Methods / N.A. Sharif -- 6. Neuroanatomical Micromagnetic Resonance Imaging / P.T. Narasimhan and Russell E. Jacobs -- 7. Postmortem Anatomy / Arthur W. Toga, Karen L. Ambach, Bruce Quinn, Kavita Shankar and Stefanie Schluender -- 8. Imaging Brain Function with Positron Emission Tomography / Simon R. Cherry and Michael E. Phelps -- 9. Rapid MRI and Functional Applications / Mark S. Cohen. From the library of Dr. Donald A. Glaser, inventor of the bubble chamber. Nobel Prize in Physics, 1961; Search keyword DGLSR to see dozens of volumes from The Glaser Collection. Fine copy. with spine label from previous owner but o/w cloth is clean and free of fraying; boards are free of bumps; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight and square; edges of leaves are clean; a well-cared for copy.…