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The Mammalian Spinal Cord

  • 1st Edition - December 22, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Charles Watson, Gulgun Sengul, George Paxinos
  • Language: English

The Mammalian Spinal Cord provides a comprehensive account of the anatomy and histology of the spinal cord. The text covers the cytoarchitecture, chemoarchitecture, motor neuron di… Read more

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Description

The Mammalian Spinal Cord provides a comprehensive account of the anatomy and histology of the spinal cord. The text covers the cytoarchitecture, chemoarchitecture, motor neuron distribution, long tracts, autonomic outflow, and gene expression in the spinal cord. A feature of the book is the inclusion of segment-by-segment atlases of the spinal cords of rat, mouse, newborn mouse, marmoset, rhesus monkey, and human. This book is an essential reference for researchers studying the spinal cord.

Key features

  • Includes full-color photographic images of Nissl-stained sections from every spinal cord segment in each of two rodent and three primate species, over 160 Nissl plates
  • Contains comprehensively labeled diagrams to accompany each Nissl-stained section, over 160 diagrams
  • Provides more than 500 photographic images of sections stained for AChE, ChAT, parvalbumin, NADPH- diaphorase, calretinin, or other markers to supplement the Nissl-stained images

Readership

Researchers and graduate students in neuroscience, neuroanatomy, and neurophysiology; clinical neurologists, neuroradiologists

Table of contents

1. Organization of the spinal cord
Charles Watson and Gulgun Sengul

2. Development of the spinal cord
Ken Ashwell

3. Vertebral column and spinal meninges
Gulgun Sengul

4. Spinal nerves
Gulgun Sengul

5. Primary afferent projections to the spinal cord
Gulgun Sengul

6. Cytoarchitecture of the spinal cord
Gulgun Sengul

7. Motor neurons of the spinal cord
Stephen McHanwell, Charles Watson, and Amer Mitchelle

8. The preganglionic motor column
Phil Jobling

9. Projections from the spinal cord to the brain
Gulgun Sengul

10. Projections from the brain to the spinal cord
Charles Watson and Huazheng Liang

11. Pattern generation in the spinal cord
Sharn Perry and Matthew Kirkcaldie

12. Spinal cord transmitter substances
Gulgun Sengul

13. Gene expression in the neonate and adult mouse spinal cord
Gulgun Sengul and Ralph Puchalski

14. Spinal cord imaging
Huazheng Liang - Gulgun Sengul

15. The lamprey spinal cord – Primordial vertebrate organization
Brita Robertson, Gulgun Sengul, Peter Wallén, and Sten Grillner

16. Atlas of the rat spinal cord
Charles Watson, Gulgun Sengul, and George Paxinos

17. Atlas of the mouse spinal cord
Charles Watson, Gulgun Sengul, and George Paxinos

18. Atlas of the newborn mouse spinal cord
Gulgun Sengul, Charles Watson, and Ralph Puchalski

19. Atlas of the marmoset spinal cord
Charles Watson, Gulgun Sengul, Ikuko Tanaka, and George Paxinos

20. Atlas of the rhesus monkey spinal cord
Charles Watson, Gulgun Sengul, Ikuko Tanaka, and George Paxinos

21. Atlas of the human spinal cord
Gulgun Sengul

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 4, 2022
  • Language: English

About the authors

CW

Charles Watson

Charles Watson is a neuroscientist and public health physician. His qualifications included a medical degree (MBBS) and two research doctorates (MD and DSc). He is Professor Emeritus at Curtin University, and holds adjunct professorial research positions at the University of New South Wales, the University of Queensland, and the University of Western Australia. He has published over 100 refereed journal articles and 40 book chapters, and has co-authored over 25 books on brain and spinal cord anatomy. The Paxinos Watson rat brain atlas has been cited over 80,000 times. His current research is focused on the comparative anatomy of the hippocampus and the claustrum. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Sydney in 2012 and received the Distinguished Achievement Award of the Australasian Society for Neuroscience in 2018.
Affiliations and expertise
John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Health Science, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia and Neuroscience Research Australia, NSW Sydney, Australia

GS

Gulgun Sengul

Dr Gulgun Sengul, MD is a specialist in the anatomy of the spinal cord and brainstem, with a particular interest in pain pathways. Dr Sengul co-authored 'The Spinal Cord: A Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Text and Atlas' published by Elsevier in 2009. Dr Sengul was first author of the 'Atlas of the Spinal Cord of the Rat, Mouse, Marmoset, Rhesus, and Human' published by Elsevier in 2013. This latter book includes the first published atlases of the spinal cord of the marmoset and rhesus monkeys and the first diagrammatic and cytoarchitectonic atlas of the human spinal cord. Dr Sengul also contributed to the Allen Spinal Cord Atlas and brainstem part of the BrainSpan Atlas of the Developing Human Brain projects. The rodent and primate atlases produced by Dr Sengul and her colleagues provide an important platform for future spinal cord research.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Anatomy, Ege University School of Medicine, Turkey

GP

George Paxinos

George Paxinos has written 62 books on the brain of humans, monkeys, rodents and birds. His first atlas, The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, is the most cited neuroscience publication. His Atlas of the Human Brain received The Award for Excellence in Publishing in Medical Science (Assoc American Publishers, 1997) and The British Medical Association Illustrated Book Award (2016). His eco-fiction book A River Divided (georgepaxinos.com.au) considers the question of whether the brain in the Goldilocks Zone - the right “size” for survival.

Affiliations and expertise
NHMRC Senior Principal, NeuRA, Australia