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Origin and Evolution of the Vertebrate Telencephalon, with Special Reference to the Mammalian Neocortex
1 Introduction There is little doubt that the vertebrate brain is the most complex structure we know. As with any complex structure, there is the immediate question about its origins. Howcouldsuchacomplexdesigndevelopfromthesimplestmulticellular animals? This problem has pervaded the study of evolut...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2007.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2007. |
| Colección: | Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology,
193 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.