The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates

Completely revised edition of one of the top-cited books in science, this atlas is the definitive lab resource on the rat brain.

George Paxinos (Author), Charles Watson (Author)

9780123919496

Hardback, published 24 October 2013

480 pages
19.5 x 26.5 x 2.9 cm, 2.42 kg

"…this version contains 161 revised coronal diagrams with accompanying photographic plates of microtome slides taken at 120 micrometer intervals through the brain from its anterior to posterior end…The book will be useful to students and teachers of neuroanatomy in medical schools, with additional uses in neurological research and specialist veterinary medicine." --ProtoView.com, March 2014

Since its first edition in 1982, the Paxinos and Watson rat brain atlas has become the most trusted source of accurate coordinates and anatomical information in laboratories throughout the world. It has been cited over 60,000 times, making it the most cited publication in neuroscience. The seventh edition incorporates new findings on developmental gene expression and presents the boundaries of neuromeres in sagittal sections.

Features of the Edition
Introduction
Methods
Stereotaxic reference system
Nomenclature and the construction of abbreviations
The basis of delineation of structures
References
Index of structures
Index of abbreviations
Parts of the rat brain
Figures

Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN]