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Development of the Nervous System, Second Edition |  | Authors: Dan H. Sanes, Thomas A. Reh, William A. Harris
Publisher: Academic Press
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Edition: 2
Pages: 392
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Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 8.7 x 1
ISBN: 0126186219
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.8
EAN: 9780126186215
ASIN: 0126186219
Publication Date: October 20, 2005
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Product Description
Development of the Nervous System presents a broad treatment of the basic principles of neural development as exemplified by key experiments and observations from past and recent times.
The text is organized ontogenically, beginning from the induction of the neural primordium and leading to the emergence of behavior. It covers all the major topics that would form the basis of a comprehensive undergraduate curriculum along the way including the patterning and growth of the nervous system, neuronal determination, axonal navigation and targeting, neuron survival and death, synapse formation and plasticity.
The new text reflects the complete modernization of the field that has been achieved through the use of model organisms, the intensive application of molecular and genetic approaches, and the introduction of new imaging technologies.
Development of the Nervous System is richly illustrated with color photographs and original drawings. These illustrations, combined with clear, concise writing make this a book that is well suited to students approaching this intriguing field for the first time.
* Updates information including all the new developments made in the field since the first edition
* Now in full color throughout, with the original, artist-rendered drawings from the first edition completely redone, revised, colorized, and updated
* Includes a CD-ROM with all of the images from the book
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 Second edition September 4, 2006
Thomas A. Reh (Seattle, WA, USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
As an author of this book I appreciate Suzanne Nguyen's review of the first edition from February, 2003. When preparing the second edition, we took her suggestions into account. I think she would find that if she took a look at the second edition (the one that is now sold here), she would find that most of her previous criticisms have been addressed. We still did not provide a glossary, but we felt this was not necessary for an advanced text like this one. However, as we make plans for a third edition, it would be useful for us to hear from additional readers so that we can produce the best text possible.
rich and detailed with beautiful illustrations November 16, 2006
Paul King (San Francisco, CA USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I purchased the second edition of this book and am thrilled with it.
The illustrations are some of the most beautiful and helpful that I have seen in any neuroscience textbook. The descriptions are clear, the mechanisms are systematically laid out, and research anecdotes are sprinkled throughout.
What is great about the developmental perspective is it helps you understand at an intuitive level that the brain is not a set of compartmentalized "brain areas" wired together like a digital computer. Instead, the brain is a complex 3-dimensional organ with a continuous structure that is the result of cell proliferation, tissue folding, and self-wiring.
The research anecdotes are helpful because they give you a sense for how dynamic and new developmental neuroscience is as a field, and they show just how indirect the methods often need to be to uncover the processes of cellular differentiation and axonal wiring.
This book, especially with the illustrations and attached CDROM, truly seems to be a labor of love.
Great book, buy it October 7, 2007
Graduate Student (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I REALLY, REALLY like this book. I am a 2nd year Neuroscience graduate student taking a Developmental Neurobiology course. Our lectures are great at giving details, but this book is awesome for giving a broader picture about development of the nervous system...which is so necessary because experiments are done in so many different types of model animals and at different stages....it's SO nice to have all broad principles put together in a cohesive story. It basically saved me. Totally worth the money. Thank you, thank you for writing this book!!!! :)
Good Book January 30, 2005
Daniel Singh
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is an upper division text. The detail is clearly described and it even has well drawn out charts. If you are studying neuroscience or just interested in leaning about the embryonic development of the brain this is a good book.
my favorite text book of all time March 25, 2008
J. Hernandez (Ann Arbor, MI)
You can't begin your studies of the nervous system by starting from the top and then going down. You really have to study it from the bottom up (if you actually want to understand). How does the CNS arise from a single cell-layer thick unspecified neuroepithelium to become the infinitely complex mass of protoplasm that allows you to read these words? This book will help you understand that (maybe not the part about HOW you actually read but how the architecture of the NS is conducive to that). From neural induction to neural precursors to cortical layering and creation of different brain structures (cerebellum to hippocampus), axon pathfinding - this book details everything in terms of genetics, molecular biology, cell biology, and anatomy. Practically all animal models are discussed (flies to c elegans to mammals). The figures (though I did find a few errors in them - I'm forgiving) and primary literature give you a look at the grand scheme of things. You'll never think about your brain in the same way.
This is the first time I ever liked a text book and in terms of neuroscience (and biology), I've read a bunch. This text is definitely for people with some biology and neurobiology/science background. I randomly came across it while I was preparing a lecture on neurogenesis and axon guidance. Turns out, I had met the 1st author when he came to my school to present a seminar a little over a year ago. Will definitely be getting the 3rd edition whenever that comes out....
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