Main description:

The Mammalian Spinal Cord provides a comprehensive account of the anatomy and histology of the spinal cord. The text covers the cytoarchitecture, chemoarchitecture, motor neuron distribution, long tracts, autonomic outflow, and gene expression in the spinal cord. A feature of the book is the inclusion of segment-by-segment atlases of the spinal cords of rat, mouse, newborn mouse, marmoset, rhesus monkey, and human. This book is an essential reference for researchers studying the spinal cord.

Contents:

1. Organization of the spinal cord 2. Development of the spinal cord 3. Vertebral column and spinal meninges 4. Spinal nerves 5. Primary afferent projections to the spinal cord 6. Cytoarchitecture of the spinal cord 7. Motor neurons of the spinal cord 8. The preganglionic motor column 9. Projections from the spinal cord to the brain 10. Projections from the brain to the spinal cord 11. Pattern generation in the spinal cord 12. Spinal cord transmitter substances 13. Gene expression in the neonate and adult mouse spinal cord 14. Spinal cord imaging 15. The lamprey spinal cord - Primordial vertebrate organization 16. Atlas of the rat spinal cord 17. Atlas of the mouse spinal cord 18. Atlas of the newborn mouse spinal cord 19. Atlas of the marmoset spinal cord 20. Atlas of the rhesus monkey spinal cord 21. Atlas of the human spinal cord