The Spinal Cord from Gestational Week 4 to the 4th Postnatal Month
Features
Summary
This first volume in the Atlas of Human Central Nervous System Development series sets the stage with complete coverage of the spinal cord from gestational week 4 to the 4th postnatal month. 3D color images provide a holistic view of the structural changes during spinal cord morphogenesis. This landmark first volume:
This atlas is also available as part of the complete five volume series.
Table of Contents
Preface
INTRODUCTION
Overview of Atlas Organization
Specimen Collections
Methods: Plate Preparation
Methods: 3D Reconstructions
Terminology
References
THE FIRST TRIMESTER
Cervical Levels Only: Embryos at GW4.0 to 8.5
Spinal Cord of a GW8.5 Embryo
Spinal Cord of a GW10.5 Embryo
THE SECOND TRIMESTER
Spinal Cord of a GW14 Fetus
Spinal Cord of a GW19 Fetus
Matched Myelin and Cell Body Stained Sections in the Spinal Cord of a GW26 Fetus
THE THIRD TRIMESTER
Matched Myelin and Cell Body Stained Sections in the Spinal Cord of a GW31 Fetus
Matched Myelin and Cell Body Stained Sections in the Spinal Cord of a GW37 Fetus
THE EARLY POSTNATAL PERIOD: Infants 4 days, 4 weeks, and 4 months
Matched Myelin and Cell Body Stained Sections in the Spinal Cord of a 4-day Infant
Matched Myelin and cell Body Stained Sections in the Spinal Cord of a 4-week Infant
Matched Myelin and Cell Body Stained Sections in the Spinal Cord of a 4-month Infant
3D RECONSTRUCTIONS
The Cervical Level of Eight First-Trimester Specimens
The Progressive Segregation of Ventral Horn Motoneurons into Columns
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Changes in Area during the First Trimester
Developmental Events in Neuronal Populations during the First Trimester
Changes in Area from GW14 to the 4th Postnatal Month
Proportional Areas at Cervical Enlargement
Level Differences in Proportional Areas: GW 8.5-GW19
Level Differences in Proportional Areas: GW37-4th Month
Myelination Sequences in Major Fiber Tracts
GLOSSARY
Editorial Reviews
First Prize Winner in the Medicine Category, 2003 British Medical Association Library Book Competition. Also nominated for Best Medical book of 2003
"First rate."
-Sidney A. Simon, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology
Duke University Medical Center
"The Atlas is very well organized ... Bayer and Altman are outstanding when it comes to thoroughness, competence and aesthetic feeling."
-Tomas Hökfelt, Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
