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As a wholly unique atlas and the only book specializing
on the prenatal human brain during both the embryonic and fetal periods,
this updated version of The Embryonic Human Brain: An Atlas of
Developmental Stages provides the latest information on human
development with more than one hundred new pages and sixty additional
illustrations. Written by one of the world's foremost authorities in
the field of human embryology, this monograph gives professionals
up-to-date, detailed drawings and texts based on three-dimensional
reconstructions of varied morphological processes of the brain.
Clearly written and detailed, this Second Edition presents the most
accurate photographs, drawings, and photomicrographs of the human
brain, including lateral views and median reconstructions of the
brain at each stage, with revised tables and ages conforming with the
most current ultrasonic findings in the field. The Embryonic Human
Brain: An Atlas of Developmental Stages, Second Edition contains
essential information on the embryonic period proper (the first eight
postovulatory weeks) by providing:
* New figures on arteries, based on the well-known studies of Padget
* Over 300 figures of the embryonic and fetal human brain
* The latest information concerning the cerebellum in both the
embryonic and fetal periods, with special attention paid to
hippocampal formation
* An expanded account of the fetal period, emphasizing continuity of
development, with supplemental postnatal images
* A timely, expanded bibliography, and new appendices relating to
median features, tracts, and the rhombencephalon
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The Embryonic Human Brain: An Atlas of Developmental Stages, Second
Edition is an authoritative and indispensable resource for
neuroscientists, developmental biologists, neurologists, and
neurosurgeons, and is an essential handbook on current knowledge of
human development for psychiatric and psychological professionals
worldwide.
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