Origin and Evolution of the Vertebrate Telencephalon, with Special Reference to the Mammalian Neocortex [electronic resource] / by Francisco Aboitiz, Juan Montiel.
Series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology ; 193Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007Description: VII, 121 p. online resourceContent type:- text
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- 9783540497615
- 612.8 23
- RC321-580
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Introduction -- Evolution of the vertebrate nervous system and the telencephalon -- Animal phylogenetic relationships -- The origin of vertebrates -- Evolution of the telencephalon in vertebrates -- Origin of the mammalian brain -- The first mammals -- Origins of the mammalian neocortex: hypotheses on homology -- Embryological evidence -- The olfactory-hippocampal hypothesis -- Origin of neocortical lamination -- Expansion of the neocortex -- Discussion -- An overview -- Issues with evolutionary theory -- Final comments -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Subject index.
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