Cerebral Cortex: Architecture, Connections, and the Dual Origin Concept

Cerebral Cortex is a comprehensive and detailed work covering the dual nature of the organization of the architecture and connections of the cerebral cortex. After establishing the evolutionary approach of the cerebral cortex's origin, the authors have systematically analyzed, in detail, the common principle underlying the structure and connections of sensory and motor systems. This important book describes the frontal, limbic, and multimodal association areas, as well as the long fiber pathways in a similar manner. The anatomical investigations have been complimented with current clinical and experimental observations, as well as neuroimaging studies. This unique approach, exploring the underlying principle of the architecture and connections of the cerebral cortex, has previously never been undertaken. In the concluding chapter of the book, the authors have provided the usefulness of such an approach for future investigations. Cerebral Cortex provides extensive illustrations, along with historical references to each sensory, motor and association systems.

Deepak N. Pandya, M.D.
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts

Harvard Neurological Unit
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital
Bedford, Massachusetts

Michael Petrides, Ph.D., FRSC, FRS
James McGill Professor
Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Psychology
McGill University
Montreal, Canada

Benjamin Seltzer, M.D.*
Director of Cognitive and Behaviorial Neurology
Barrow Neurological Institute
Professor of Neurology
Phoenix, Arizona

Professor of Neurology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Veteran's Administration Health Care System
Boston, Massachusetts

Patsy Benny Cipolloni, MD
Associate Chief of Staff, Research and Development
Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital
Bedford, Massachusetts

*deceased